Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs...
by stale2002 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:34PM
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> If you can't make it illegal for me to shut it down (on the premises that it would risk my users' livelihood) then you can't make it illegal for me to kick users out (on the same premise)
> In the end though, the owner(s) do and should have the last word.
Thats not exactly true. A relevant counter example would be to look at other major communication services. For example, take telecom. A telephone company cannot just kick users off of the platform, for any reason. They have to follow common carrier laws.
Obviously, the law would have to be changed, in order for these laws to apply to these new platforms.
But, unrelated to any specific moderation policy, I think that there is a very nuanced and interesting discussion to be had, about how common carrier laws have not really kept up to date with some of the many new internet platforms these days.
> In the end though, the owner(s) do and should have the last word.
Thats not exactly true. A relevant counter example would be to look at other major communication services. For example, take telecom. A telephone company cannot just kick users off of the platform, for any reason. They have to follow common carrier laws.
Obviously, the law would have to be changed, in order for these laws to apply to these new platforms.
But, unrelated to any specific moderation policy, I think that there is a very nuanced and interesting discussion to be had, about how common carrier laws have not really kept up to date with some of the many new internet platforms these days.