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I say its simple only because, at least today, it is a settled question and social media sites are not legally considered publishers. It would really only be an
by _heimdall 3y ago
I say its simple only because, at least today, it is a settled question and social media sites are not legally considered publishers. It would really only be an unsettled, difficult question if the law wasn't clear and we didn't have an answer on whether they are or aren't liable. That's not where we are though, we have a clear law on the books we just have a question of whether people still agree with it.
I actually think they should be and have thought that for years. Curating content should be enough to remove those liability protections in my opinion, they just didn't consider that 25 years ago when writing those online liability laws.