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>It is unnatural for an entity to not be liable for what they publish

Since when have paper boys been held liable for what's in the newspapers? Social media is distributing someone else's opinions.

The very forum you're posting in will cease to exist.



The paper boy isnt knowingly distributing, say, child porn magazine. If he were, the. he'd be an accessory. Big Tech does knowingly transport illegal things.

If the paper that the paper boy distributing has the occasional libel, then the paper boy is not liable because he cannot have a criminal state of mind for something he doesn't know is in contained within his cargo.

Finally, the paper boy is a boy, that is a child. Depending on the age he is not criminally liable no matter what he's carrying. Big Tech are not "niños de pecho", suckling bebes. They are large corporate monopolies with immense power, money, political influence and top lawyers

Finally, my solution is to de-centralize everything.


Your analogy doesn't work because social media companies are liable for hosting illegal things just like your paper boy.


Tell that to MindGeek.

Child porn was an example of something that obviously would get even a paper boy in trouble (as long as he's old enough).

There are a lot of things that are illegal, including libel. Section 230 just picked and choose which crimes to shield Big Tech from.




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