[Alter Kaker]

FR and even DU are spaces for those with similar thoughts to write their own book essentially. YouTube and Twitter and such are the paper manufacturers.

Do you have any legal basis for this distinction or did you just pull it out of your ass? YouTube, Twitter, FR and DU are all *exactly the same* as far as the law goes. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (which was passed to give websites the freedom to moderate pornography) defines them all as providers.

[LouieFisk]

“YouTube, Twitter, FR and DU are all *exactly the same* as far as the law goes.”
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Nope. Youtube has financial agreements wherein they pay content producers, it’s a business relaationship and subject to business law (in addition to civil and criminal).
Now, maybe you have some kind of deal with FR wherein they pay you for commenting, but I suspect it’s a unique business association among most FR users.
So, you got apples and oranges.

[AndyTheBear]

Do you have any legal basis for this distinction or did you just pull it out of your ass? YouTube, Twitter, FR and DU are all *exactly the same* as far as the law goes. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (which was passed to give websites the freedom to moderate pornography) defines them all as providers.

I am not a lawyer arguing what the law currently says. I am giving reasons why I think the law should be different.

My reasons for wanting the laws to be different is not from my ass, but from an argument about what is fair, just, and reasonable.

You may certainly argue why the kind of change in the law I advocate is not fair, but just challenging me to demonstrate that it is currently the law misses my point.