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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 21:24:03 EDT lnxw48a1
   CDA -- opinion of someone that claims to be a lawyer (not me) -- https://www.socalinternetlawyer.com/user-generated-content-legal-issues/ [socal internet lawyer . com]
   
   "Generally speaking, a site is not liable for user-generated content. Sites like Yelp, Facebook and Google+ would be unable to function if this were the case. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides the protection and reads in part:
   
   'No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.'
   
   If a site is not a publisher, then claims such ranging from defamation to slander cannot be asserted against it."
   
   Further down, the author discusses some exceptions.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 21:27:01 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      As always, you only get legal advice by hiring a real lawyer, so don't depend on anyone else's opinions of what a law means.
   2. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 21:34:07 EDT GeniusMusing

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      @lnxw48a1 Further info:
      The Past & Future Of Section 230 by Techdirt
      https://soundcloud.com/techdirt/the-past-future-of-section-230