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> 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
by 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 agoYes there is.
- jcranmer 4y agoCite 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 agoNo, 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.