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Re:Google CEO will testify before U.S. House panel in November by someonelse17 on Friday September 28, 2018 @02:11PM (#18095612)
What you want and what the law allows are different things, also just don't let any entity control how you think.

As for 'being held accountable' as publisher, I'm sure you're aware of many publishers that favor one side or one "viewpoint" in fact it's most of them, and they aren't being held accountable for that because we live in a free country.

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Re:Google CEO will testify before U.S. House panel in November by jimbobimbo on Friday September 28, 2018 @03:59PM (#18096557)
They (publishers) actually are held accountable for the stuff they publish (e.g., publishing copyrighted material w/o permission will land you in the courtroom). This is why FB/Twitter/YouTube do not want to be publishers. However, because of their approach to moderation, they could wander in those waters.
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Re:Google CEO will testify before U.S. House panel in November by someonelse17 on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:03PM (#18096587)
They're not held legally accountable for political views.

The copyright stuff applies to everyone already.

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Re:Google CEO will testify before U.S. House panel in November by jimbobimbo on Friday September 28, 2018 @06:15PM (#18097494)
Not political views, but slander/libel - publishers are liable.
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