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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by ralph84 on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:08PM (#25694177)
Social media companies are protected by Section 230 while newspapers and magazines aren't. If social media companies are going to act like newspapers and magazines then they shouldn't be shielded from liability for their content.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by amanaplanacanal on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:47PM (#25695762)
Online newspapers and magazines frequently allow comments from readers, and they are absolutely protected by section 230 for the same reason that Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by nathankunicki on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:13PM (#25694304)
Which is a fair comment to make, but ultimately without the protection of Section 230, Twitter or Facebook would have never allowed Trump on the platform in the first place. The risk of being held accountable (ie. lawsuits, defamation suits, etc) for the content he posted would have been too great.

Removing Section 230 wouldn't have the effect people like to think it would.

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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by lovecg on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:17PM (#25694415)
So in other words you want them to remove even more content (no one wants to be held liable for Trump’s tweets)? Sounds pro-censorship to me.
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