News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Facebook to ban white nationalist content. Parent comment

Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by charliesharding on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:52PM (#19504552)
It's the publisher vs platform debate. If you're curating content based off of promoting your company's vision of acceptable free speech, then you become a publisher and a whole different set of rules apply to you. You're liable for much more in the eyes of the law.

You can't cherry pick the advantages of both and hide under the guise of being an open platform.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by thieving_magpie on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:57PM (#19504628)
I think the terminology we have here for publisher and platform don't exactly fit this scenario. I think it'd be wise to find a new label and set of rules that better fits this type of company.
[ Parent | on HN ]