Laws are often written to draw bright lines where one does not necessarily exist naturally. In the case of platform versus publisher, I think one does exist nat

Laws are often written to draw bright lines where one does not necessarily exist naturally. In the case of platform versus publisher, I think one does exist naturally, but it applies separately to each piece of content. A newspaper acts as a publisher with regard to its articles, but a platform when its CMS accepts comments. A publisher selects or whitelists content. A platform does not, but may moderate or blacklist content. Of course, mathematically those can achieve the same result, but laws are not mathematical formulas. The intent and effects matter. I'm aware some of the proposals to update platform immunity are intended as political leverage. I oppose those.