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Re:The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway by hackbinary on Thursday July 29, 2021 @03:49PM (#28000577)
If Google, or CF, or whoever are fronting illegal activity with their services, they are absolutely responsible for damages the party they are proxying.

Platforms must be responsible for the content they are hosting, broadcasting, and publishing.

One to one communications between two people exchanging ideas and having a private discussion is different from mass broadcasting.

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Re:The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway by fstrthnscnd on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:49AM (#28004867)
> Platforms must be responsible for the content they are hosting, broadcasting, and publishing.

> One to one communications between two people exchanging ideas and having a private discussion is different from mass broadcasting.

The highway is used both by those visiting their friends and those doing mass deliveries. Is it the job of the highway maintenance crew to control for what purpose their network is used?

I would like to know if the above analogy stands.

Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27994831

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Re:The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway by zizee on Friday July 30, 2021 @07:43AM (#28006895)
The "owner" of the highway is the government, who regulates commercial traffic differently to personal traffic. The government places strict rules on who is allowed to use the highway, and how it is used.

The highway maintenance crew is akin to the person installing racks for CloudFlare.

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Re:The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway by hackbinary on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:14PM (#28092228)
Highway are a poor analogy for information broadcast systems in general. Highways are closer to a one to one transmission system rathe than a broadcast system of one to many.
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