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Re:AI-powered lawyer will be first of its kind to represent ... by jcranmer on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:14AM (#34326032)
> One example off the top of my head is when Lawyers attempt aurge that social media platforms are both publishers and platforms so they can not be held liable at all under any circumstance

... that would be very surprising, since there is no legal definition nor distinction of publisher or platform.

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Re:AI-powered lawyer will be first of its kind to represent ... by phpisthebest on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:18AM (#34326106)
Yes there is.
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Re:AI-powered lawyer will be first of its kind to represent ... by jcranmer on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:28AM (#34326264)
Cite the law, then. It's not in 47 USC section 230, which is the main legal citation that matters for social media platforms.
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Re:AI-powered lawyer will be first of its kind to represent ... by tptacek on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:46PM (#34334041)
No, there isn't.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/29/stubborn-n...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-...

https://www.techdirt.com/2020/10/20/section-230-basics-there...

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-doesnt-matter-if-tw...

https://www.cato.org/blog/newspapers-are-spreading-section-2...

Even TechDirt manages to get this right, but the myth that tech companies exist on the knife's edge of being converted under the law into publishers is stubborn.

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