Yep, it's basically the reasoning behind why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was created in the states: In Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. they di

Yep, it's basically the reasoning behind why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was created in the states: In Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. they didn't moderate and were not liable as a publisher because they did not have any direct knowledge of the defamatory content as they just transmitted it. In Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co. they did moderate some things and were liable due to the editorial control they had over it. Section 230 fixed that by letting services filter offensive content without incurring liability for everything else. Without it you'd have to either do no moderation at all or perfect moderation, letting nothing offensive/defamatory/etc through.