Submitted by oylejm t3_zz16xn in explainlikeimfive
jasongetsdown t1_j28xigo wrote
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 explicitly exempts ISPs and other online platforms like social media from being treated as publishers of the content shared on their platforms.
https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230
This is literally the only reason such services are not liable for what they host. They would otherwise be treated the same as newspapers, magazines, or book publishers.
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