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Re:Facebook reverses Kyle Rittenhouse policy by LinuxBender on Thursday December 02, 2021 @08:54AM (#29416091)
Are "moderate" and "editorialize" treated equally in 230? I take moderate to mean, delete entirely, silence, ban. I have always assumed maybe incorrectly? that editorializing something such as adding or removing content or context is publishing content?
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Re:Facebook reverses Kyle Rittenhouse policy by gpm on Thursday December 02, 2021 @09:33AM (#29416580)
My understanding is that you could draw a legal distinction under current law with those words, but only if this part falls under the word moderation not the word editorializing:

> that editorializing something such as [...] removing content or context

I suppose it would be permissible to draw a line where you could delete all or none of a users content, but not some, since that does sound content neutral. I don't believe anyone has drawn such a line though in law (and it would be quite the strange line to draw).

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