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A comment on Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for users’ comments. Parent comment

Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by cryptonector on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:33PM (#15900678)
I would rather have lively discussions that sometimes attract trolls than an insipid, dry, non-discussion discussion.

The moment you need to moderate every comment, and worry that you might get sued/prosecuted by people whose discrimination is different to yours, is the moment you simply become a censor or simply drop comments altogether.

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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by r00fus on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:43PM (#15901852)
With the advent of automated trolling and state and corporate propaganda machines (see: persona management automation software), maybe the default should be "off" on comments unless the forum has sufficient moderation capabilities.

It's like arguing against firewalls on the open Internet.

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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by cryptonector on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:34AM (#15906267)
How about the owner/operator of the site decides?
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