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Lots of people and organizations facilitate crime. That’s not generally the legal standard. They typically must be proved to done so intentionally (or with re
by lokar 2y ago
Lots of people and organizations facilitate crime. That’s not generally the legal standard. They typically must be proved to done so intentionally (or with reckless disregard)
- numpad0 2y agoNo, it is. There are more often specific laws that exempt platformers of liabilities on condition that they keep logs and cooperate with LE. Perhaps the most famous example is DMCA: [Google] is exempt from liabilities for hosting pirated movies on [YouTube] by US laws, on condition that it's not actively involved with it and fully robotic with takedowns.
- golergka 2y agoIf a criminal rode on a bus to place of the crime, is the bus driver automatically liable? Bus company? Is his phone company liable because he talked about his crimes on the phone?
- betaby 2y agoNo. But legal system treats 'on the Internet' in a more harshly way.
- numpad0 2y agoIANAL, but "legally"? Bus companies has code of conduct posted on the wall at their depot for its users to read and agree, or state law regulating public transportation, and it always says using it for crimes is against the law. Those clauses let drivers and companies frame themselves as victims to escape prosecutions, unless there's going to be gross negligence or sorts that override them. It's not like courts treat popular businesses like buses and ISPs as sceneries just by gut feeling. There are always laws.