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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by eanzenberg on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:53PM (#24104342)
>>> Social media platforms should be able to monitor what content users are sharing on these platforms.

Then you’re not a platform, you are a publisher and should be held accountable for what you choose to publish. A platform is literally that: a platform for use by users as they see intended. I’m not talking about trolls, spammers, hackers and those who post illegal content. When platforms move down to editorialize content, they cease to be defined as a platform.

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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by dwaltrip on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:49PM (#24105321)
Section 230 allows internet companies to control which content is shown on their platforms and also gives them liability protection against being held accountable for content created by users.

Decent article about section 230: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/business/section-230-inte...

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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by gexla on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:52AM (#24105673)
Interesting. Facebook did argue for being a publisher in one case so that they could limit their liability for defamation. But that move would then limit their protections as a platform (as mentioned by another user as a reply to your comment.)
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