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From what I've read the crux of the issue is that there: - Are laws in the US regulating "adult" content - Are not laws in the US regulating holocaust denial
by wheels 17y ago
From what I've read the crux of the issue is that there:
- Are laws in the US regulating "adult" content
- Are not laws in the US regulating holocaust denial
As such Facebook is required to police adult content, whereas they'd risk losing their status as a host (and become a publisher) if they were to apply editorial scrutiny, making them, among other things, liable for copyright violations, libel and whatnot on their platform.
- swombat 17y agoThis is probably the strongest argument I've read so far against Facebook moderating hate groups. It's worth pointing out, though, that this is not the argument Facebook is making. They are refusing to moderate hate groups on ideological grounds, not on legal grounds. Good point, though.
- wheels 17y agoWell, but you're not going to see a company saying, "We don't want to do X because if we do X we'll be responsible for the illegal stuff on our servers." – they're not going to admit there's illegal stuff on their servers.