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In reply to the discussion: AOC just made Mark Zuckerberg look like a deer in headlights. [View all]TomSlick
(11,035 posts)"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
I am responsible for my posts. If I defame someone in a post, I am liable. If I suborn perjury, threaten violence against a public official, incite insurrection, etc., in a post, I am criminally liable. If I commit one of these acts and it is published by a traditional publisher or broadcaster, it is also liable. However, if I post the defamation, or suborn perjury, incite insurrection, etc., on an internet platform, e.g. Facebook, it has no liability.
I appreciate the difficulties of internet platforms reviewing all posts before they go on line. However, they should be required to pull-down any tortious or illegal post when it is brought to their notice. Regulation of internet platforms would not be simple but that does not mean it should not be done.