Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co...
by amanaplanacanal on Friday October 30, 2020 @01:49PM
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Legally, there is no line between platform and publisher. I’m not sure a line could actually be drawn that is consistent with the first amendment.
Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co...
by shortformblog on Friday October 30, 2020 @02:09PM
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As Jeff Kosseff, a US Naval Academy professor who actually wrote a book about Section 230, put it in an interview last year:
“There has been an increased amount of criticism of the platforms. But it’s not accurate. There’s a First Amendment distinction between publishers and distributors. But since Section 230’s been in place, that’s not really been an issue for the internet.”
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/21/18700605/section-230-inte...
It's when they are vague and applied unevenly that the line between platform and publisher gets crossed.
For example, I find it fascinating that Twitter doesn't put warnings on the leader of Iran's racist tweets (or even bans him for clear TOS violations) but peppers the US presidents tweets with warnings. With a straight face you are going to tell me that politics has nothing to do with it?