Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by Udik on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @04:30PM
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Youtube, Facebook, have to decide whether they're communication infrastructure, like telephone companies, or publishers. In the first case, they have to publish everything that doesn't violate a state law; in the second case, they get to choose, but they accept liability for everything that is published on their platform.
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Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by root_axis on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @06:05PM
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This is wrong. The law very explicitly states that companies are not liable for content uploaded by users and are also legally able to moderate their platform as they see fit. Google section 230.