If they claim to be a Common Carrier, then they should be shielded from liability from lawsuits based on content posted by users under reasonable circumstances, but if they edit the content on their sites then they become Editors and that content becomes Editorial in nature, and they should be liable for lawsuits brought because they printed libelous material or because they breached a contract with an Advertiser or Partner or Associate.
This is all covered in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
If they claim to be a Common Carrier, then they should be shielded from liability from lawsuits based on content posted by users under reasonable circumstances, but if they edit the content on their sites then they become Editors and that content becomes Editorial in nature, and they should be liable for lawsuits brought because they printed libelous material or because they breached a contract with an Advertiser or Partner or Associate.
This is all covered in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
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