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• @Skavau@piefed.social 2026-04-29 11:53

  So how does that work with Threadiverse instances, many of which have openly partisan rules? Would that make instances like lemmy.blahaj and dbzer0 liable because they censor specific expressed political and social viewpoints?

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• @Steve@communick.news 2026-04-29 14:56

  Not quite. These aren't "*free speech*" rules. If a company, organization, or community doesn't want to have certain kinds speech, they can remove anything they don't like. Disney can't be required to host comments about how Mr. Wheeler was right to drive on the sidewalk killing people. They couldn't be sued for it if they *did*. But that's already included in 230. The only important thing that's changed between the mid '90s and now, is that sites actively select and push user created speech onto people who didn't choose to see it. Speech that wasn't from a community or user they choose to follow. If that speach leads to harmful behaviour, *then* sites *should* be able to be held accountable for the harms. That's all I'm saying. *Promoting* user content is fundamentally different than hosting it. *Hosting* needs to be protected as it has been. Promoting does carry a new level of responsibility. *Censorship* (when not the government) is still well within an organization's rights.

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