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To: TangledUpInBlue

They can deny service. True.

But they have special statutory protection from being sued based on what customers post. However, once they engage in the substance (unless violent, plus a couple of specific exclusions), they become a publisher and liable for content (defamation, etc.)

Section 230 protections is a very big deal. They do not want to lose.


21 posted on 05/28/2020 1:58:36 PM PDT by dan on the right
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To: dan on the right

Yup I get that.

What I am not clear on is how the EO text being reported here actually removes those protections.


24 posted on 05/28/2020 2:00:10 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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