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What? If the people who publish user generated content (e.g. Google, Facebook, etc) are responsible for what their users say, then the internet as we know it i
by SirensOfTitan 15y ago
What? If the people who publish user generated content (e.g. Google, Facebook, etc) are responsible for what their users say, then the internet as we know it is over. There are thousands of comments on Reddit, Facebook, et. al. that could be considered threatening or libelous defamation of character, but Reddit is not responsible for that. If they were, the very fabric of free speech on the internet would decay, as any user made comment could bring on a lawsuit.
- hristov 15y agoI agree with that but that does not excuse those comments. If the original poster would have explained or at least made it clear that other people publish the polls automatically and that they are not individually vetted and that there is a complaint mechanism, that would have sounded better. But again blaming people for being upset is the wrong thing to say here and fully deserves being called an idiot.
- motoford 15y agoI think it was pretty obvious from the article that the poll content is generated by the users, not the developers. It's pretty much stated or alluded to in every paragraph.
- hristov 15y agoThat is true but that is not the relevant article here. KO responded to some Politico interview the original poster did.