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Responsible in the same way that a grocery store is responsible for selling a tomato that was thrown? Title II Common Carrier, government-granted monopolies
by throwaway356cda 4y ago
Responsible in the same way that a grocery store is responsible for selling a tomato that was thrown?
Title II Common Carrier,
government-granted monopolies
ISP: Internet Service Provider
Section 230
Information Service Provider
Business of Public Accommodation
You can't make them serve a gay cake to a gay wedding.
You don't need a public guest list for a private party at a private golf club.
You can't make them let problem gamblers in (at the now-at-least-federally-legal and now-online) casino.
Per the bench
- hackerlight 4y agoObviously there's a spectrum of responsibility, with some companies bearing more and others less. The grocery store is a poor analogy though because they're not actively facilitating tomatoes being thrown. If they incentivized tomatoes being thrown through social mechanics then I would place more blame on their shoulders. Also you're talking about current law here. I'm not interested in the current state of affairs. I understand Twitter and Facebook aren't breaking the law if they facilitate organization of a genocide. I'm talking about what should be the case. Perhaps laws need to be updated.