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If I start a TV network on basic cable and let anyone submit a video that will be broadcast live on air in real time, that network will likely be broadcasting u
by karmelapple 4y ago
If I start a TV network on basic cable and let anyone submit a video that will be broadcast live on air in real time, that network will likely be broadcasting user-submitted material that would not be allowed to be shown on TV during the daytime per FCC decency standards.
How is YouTube different than this?
Or Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media that is free to see once you have an internet connection?
- kjksf 4y agoHere's the difference: TV network made a deal with the government (FCC): they got a monopoly access to a limited resource (spectrum). In exchange they agreed to limitations set by FCC, like decency standards. Limitations that go beyond what the law, as created by congress, requires. YouTube or Facebook didn't make a similar deal with FCC because they use unconstrained resource (internet bandwidth). Furthermore congress did the right thing and created a law explicitly calling out this scenario and made internet companies not liable for user generated content. Why did they do it? Because without that there would be madness.