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Online liability protections [for social media companies] have outlived usefulness, top lawmakers say (thehill.com)

submitted 6 months ago by stefenauris@pawb.social to c/tech@pawb.social

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Hmmm... Making social media companies liable for what users post. I'm all for making them take a more active involvement in what's going on but that would open up anyone hosting stuff to a world of liability...

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[–] bersl2@furry.engineer 7 points 6 months ago

They've discovered that civil liability will circumvent the 1st Amendment protections preventing them from regulating free speech directly.

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