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The distinction between civil and criminal liability seems minor- either way this will have a massive chilling effect and force any website to carefully vet hos
by whythre 2y ago
The distinction between civil and criminal liability seems minor- either way this will have a massive chilling effect and force any website to carefully vet hosted content for fear of being sued. The threshold for criminal prosecution is very high. The threshold for a civil suit is comparably low.
- constantcrying 2y ago>The distinction between civil and criminal liability seems minor It is an immense difference though. Civil and criminal law differ in almost every single conceivable way. You literally go on to name one very important difference. The threshold for civil litigation is someone deciding to file a pro se suit against you by giving something vaguely resembling a legal document to a court. The chilling effect of that is much more dramatic than criminal liability.