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CNN shut down its Facebook page in Australia after court liability ruling:
CNN shut down its Facebook page in Australia on Wednesday, after an Australian court ruled that media outlets are liable for defamatory user-generated comments.
[...] The deteriorating effects of the court's ruling on online speech in Australia serve as a warning of what's to come if U.S. lawmakers succeed in their efforts to weakening protections against such legal decisions in the United States.
[...] The court's ruling previews the grim future in store if U.S. politicians get their way and dismantle Section 230, the keystone U.S. law that shields websites from liability over user-generated content. Without it, social media platforms and any other website with user-generated content—especially those without Facebook's deep pockets—would likely die. Both Republicans and Democrats, President Joe Biden included, would like it dismantled.
Should the person doing the defaming be liable, or the owner of the page the defamation is posted on be liable?
(Score: 2) by Username on Saturday October 02 2021, @02:06PM
Let's say SN censors all those negative posts for you. Now, let's say some random user starts threatening me, and for political reasons SN doesn't censor those posts. Only those that make you feel threatened. SN should be held liable. We've all seem them censor for you. We all know they have a process in place to do so, and I have a reasonable expectation for them to censor such content for me as well. They are being the authoritative gate keeper. Now if they never censor anyone, I have no expectation of protection.