[who_would_fardels_bear]

If a lawsuit like this ever succeeds then sites like FreeRepublic will be forced off the internet. They won't have the financial wherewithal to hire all the people necessary to prevent offensive content from getting on the site.

This will not kill Google, Facebook or Twitter. It will basically guarantee them a monopoly.

[Boogieman]

I disagree, that conclusion is not foregone. To win a lawsuit like this, you’d probably have to show that the companies acted in bad faith, and didn’t really try to stop the terrorists from using their platform to aid in their criminal activities.

If the company can show they acted in good faith, and simply didn’t have the necessary resources to catch everything, they should win the suit. The only sites that really need to be worried are ones where terrorist-related stuff is being reported, but nothing is ever done about it.

[TheDon]

Agreed, in the crazy world liberals live in.

However, in case it matters in the real world, FR does not promote terrorism or other criminal acts. There is a difference between offensive matter and the promotion of criminal acts.