• xuxebiko@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    looks like someone at redditinc suddenly realized it would potentially lose its section 230 immunity.

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        1 year ago

        Basic idea is that if you own a website where people post stuff, you aren’t responsible for what people post.

        It gets difficult to argue its not you if you put the person in charge of what posts are allowed.

      • Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Not the same person but:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230

        Basically, “providers” aren’t considered to be publishing content. They’re just providing a means to transmit it. Like you can’t hold the phone company liable if one criminal calls another and the two organize a bank heist. You can call that “Section 230 immunity”.

        However, once a company starts creating/directing/moderating the content it is providing it can no longer say “we’re just a pipe stuff flows through”.