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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by dahfizz on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:19PM (#27860137)
Platforms are not publishers. The publisher of these things should face legal action (including the removal of their content). It's not for the platform to pick and choose.
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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by mahogany on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:03PM (#27860606)
Can you define "platform" in this context? Is this a legal term?

It's interesting to see this dichotomy between platforms and publishers in these types of threads. I assume it stems from a reading of Section 230 somehow, but the word "platform" never appears in that text.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by Dylan16807 on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:07PM (#27861235)
Strictly speaking, "platform" is an umbrella term, and people are actually distinguishing between publisher and non-publisher.
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