On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 10:21:18PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > It also lets Debian host this mailing list, without having to worry > > about being held liable in court if someone posts something here that > > is held to be defamatory or infringing or otherwise illegal. > > Agreed. The difference being that Debian doesn't choose which messages > it pushes to its readers, beyond some limited moderation/censorship > (also the relatively small number of messages it relays, severely > constrains the diversity of messages it could send out if it decided to > actively choose which messages to promote).
That's exactly it. When convenient, social media companies purport to be "just transport". When it comes to make money, they behave like publishers. It's this gap which has allowed them to grow so obscenely quickly. Lawmakers know it, knew it in the 2000s (it was more search engines back then, but the basic mechanism is still similar). They've just been bribed. Cheers -- t
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