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Re: more bad lawyering about Parler


From: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
Date: 10 Jan 2021 23:12:59 -0500

In article <CAP-guGXi6wrRpCMu9CBC-GN+qB9GvRG9pvbNp+e7DTvo66KMzA () mail gmail com> you write:
With private organizations it gets much more complicated. No
organization is compelled to publish anything. But then section 230 of
the DMCA comes in and says: if you exercise editorial control over
what's published then you are liable for any unlawful material which
is published. ...

Sigh. This is false. 100% false. It is the exact opposite of what 47
USC 230 really says. Also, it's the CDA, not the DMCA.

Please see the message I sent earlier today about section 230 and the
links in it to material by actual lawyers explaining what the law does
and does not say and do.

R's,
John


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