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.
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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...