Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads

Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by geggam on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:29PM (#21382449)

Intent. The law always uses intent. To compare political ads to the list below is facetious at best and I was calling out one example of content that could be moderated with protection and comparing it to a political ad. You seemed bothered by the comparison. As would most rational folks be. Not sure why this is difficult to understand.

(2)Civil liability No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of—

(A)any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected; or

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by sachdevap on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:25PM (#21383219)

Actually, law does not always use intent. Intent is the primary basis for one of the philosophies of jurisprudence, not every judicial body/judge follows that. See textualism for an example where intent is irrelevant.

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by geggam on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:41PM (#21383300)

Found the lawyer

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by sachdevap on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:56AM (#21384542)

Hah. I'm flattered, but I have never been remotely associated with law either through education or through work. :)

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by geggam on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:32AM (#21386898)

Would you agree "good faith" implies intent is measured ?

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by sachdevap on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:43AM (#21388427)

Good faith implies intent of the entity is measured, not necessarily of the way the law is written. Textualists like Gorsuch would actually not read into the intent of the law writers and interpret "good faith" how he pleases cause that's as specific as the written law is. Don't you agree?

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by geggam on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:39PM (#21389121)

Not sure I know the supreme court well enough to judge their judging

I just try to interpret the laws as they are written with my limited legal experience :)

That said I think I can agree

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