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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by dleslie on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:11PM (#23313695)
This is a thought-provoking answer, and it shows how Facebook (and others) are straddling the line between publisher and platform.

IMHO, because they do perform curation, both algorithmic and manual, they should be considered publishers.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by sneak on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:18PM (#23317103)
Seems to me that their argument against censorship should be even stronger, then, as editorializing is protected expression.
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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by dleslie on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:27AM (#23319637)
It would be, yes, and if Trump acts on his threats to investigate censure on social media then this may be a good position to take.

The problem is that being a publisher brings greater legal liability for the content that they publish; whereas as carrier/platform can wash their hands of the data that they transmit and claim that they have no part of it.

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