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In reply to the discussion: AOC just made Mark Zuckerberg look like a deer in headlights. [View all]TomSlick
(11,098 posts)A traditional publisher or broadcaster is civilly or criminally liable if it republishes tortious or criminal speech. An internet platform would be similarly liable but for the statutory exemption cited before. I do not think that an internet platform should be held to the same standard as a traditional publisher or broadcaster but neither should it have no standard at all. At a minimum, when an internet platform is placed on notice of tortious or criminal content, it should be required to pull it down.
The Internet is simply too important in modern society. It cannot be a lawless environment. I am all about free speech but free speech has never been an absolute right. If, as I believe, Internet platforms cannot be held to exactly the same standard as traditional publishers, we should be able to devise some workable set of regulations.