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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by busymom0 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:37PM (#23241120)
You are comparing apples to oranges. WSJ is a publisher. These tech companies are currently enjoying the benefits of being a "platform" while acting as publishers.
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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by paulgb on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:51PM (#23241247)
> These tech companies are currently enjoying the benefits of being a "platform" while acting as publishers.

If this is referring to Section 230, I think it's a misinterpration. Section 230 gives platforms the ability to moderate without being (legally) treated as a publisher, but it doesn't make them into a utility. If it's referring to a different law, I'm curious which one.

In your view, if YouTube is not a publisher, should they be required to host pornography? Are the community features part of the platform, or is YouTube entitled to host content but make it undiscoverable?

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