> publish "publish" being the key word. If you are publishing on your own website, then you are held responsible for your own content. But big tech claims to

> publish "publish" being the key word. If you are publishing on your own website, then you are held responsible for your own content. But big tech claims to be platforms while acting as publishers. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter etc hide behind the disguise of "algorithms" to push content they like and throttle content they don't like. The "trending" or "for you" or "promoted" etc are all decisions made by the platforms. It's well known that the "trending" videos on YouTube or posts on Twitter are not actually organic. When they use "algorithms", they are equivalent to publishing. Similar to how newspapers can't just publish everything. They make editorial decisions on what to publish and what not to. The "algorithms" are the editorial decisions. That makes them a publisher. Right now, even when big tech allows something libelous to spread on their platform, lets it trend, refuse to take it down and when they get sued, they claim they are immune because they are just a platform. That's not a "platform". They acted as publishers when their fake trending algorithms let it trend.