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Re:Repealing Section 230 won’t do what anyone wants by temp8964 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @11:21PM (#26462292)
I don't find it unreasonable to ask website / BBS owner to be responsible for content on their website.

I don't remember BBSs constantly got sued in the old days.

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Re:Repealing Section 230 won’t do what anyone wants by giantrobot on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:07PM (#26469863)
A BBS in the days of yore didn't have deep pockets for anyone to go after. They did however get sued or taken down for copyright issues and other content. There's the infamous case of the Secret Service raiding the offices of Steve Jackson Games [0] over content that was in an upcoming book for the GURPS role playing game [1].

[0] https://www.eff.org/cases/steve-jackson-games-v-secret-servi...

[1] http://www.sjgames.com/SS/

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