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This is not an AI problem, I have seen more than a few time Lawyers contradict in different parts of a case. One example off the top of my head is when Lawyer

This is not an AI problem, I have seen more than a few time Lawyers contradict in different parts of a case. One example off the top of my head is when Lawyers attempt aurge that social media platforms are both publishers and platforms so they can not be held liable at all under any circumstance

jcranmer 4y ago
> One example off the top of my head is when Lawyers attempt aurge that social media platforms are both publishers and platforms so they can not be held liable at all under any circumstance ... that would be very surprising, since there is no legal definition nor distinction of publisher or platform.
- phpisthebest 4y ago
  Yes there is.
  - jcranmer 4y ago
    Cite the law, then. It's not in 47 USC section 230, which is the main legal citation that matters for social media platforms.
  - tptacek 4y ago
    No, there isn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/29/stubborn-nonsensical-myth-that-internet-platforms-must-be-neutral/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/29/stubborn-n... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-it-doesnt-matter https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-... https://www.techdirt.com/2020/10/20/section-230-basics-there-is-no-such-thing-as-publisher-or-platform-distinction/ https://www.techdirt.com/2020/10/20/section-230-basics-there... https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-doesnt-matter-if-twitter-is-a-publisher-or-a-platform/ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-doesnt-matter-if-tw... https://www.cato.org/blog/newspapers-are-spreading-section-230-misinformation https://www.cato.org/blog/newspapers-are-spreading-section-2... Even TechDirt manages to get this right, but the myth that tech companies exist on the knife's edge of being converted under the law into publishers is stubborn.

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This is not an AI problem, I have seen more than a few time Lawyers contradict in different parts of a case. One example off the top of my head is when Lawyer

by phpisthebest 4y ago

jcranmer 4y ago
> One example off the top of my head is when Lawyers attempt aurge that social media platforms are both publishers and platforms so they can not be held liable at all under any circumstance ... that would be very surprising, since there is no legal definition nor distinction of publisher or platform.
- phpisthebest 4y ago
  Yes there is.
  - jcranmer 4y ago
    Cite the law, then. It's not in 47 USC section 230, which is the main legal citation that matters for social media platforms.
  - tptacek 4y ago
    No, there isn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/29/stubborn-nonsensical-myth-that-internet-platforms-must-be-neutral/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/29/stubborn-n... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-it-doesnt-matter https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-... https://www.techdirt.com/2020/10/20/section-230-basics-there-is-no-such-thing-as-publisher-or-platform-distinction/ https://www.techdirt.com/2020/10/20/section-230-basics-there... https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-doesnt-matter-if-twitter-is-a-publisher-or-a-platform/ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-doesnt-matter-if-tw... https://www.cato.org/blog/newspapers-are-spreading-section-230-misinformation https://www.cato.org/blog/newspapers-are-spreading-section-2... Even TechDirt manages to get this right, but the myth that tech companies exist on the knife's edge of being converted under the law into publishers is stubborn.