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[–] FatTony 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Big internet companies can get sued for the content users upload

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect they just can’t be willfully negligent. Right now Facebook could actively promote a genocide and not see any consequences.

[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow 7 points 1 year ago

Right now Facebook could actively promote a genocide and not see any consequences.

Rohingya says what

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup. I was up for it until that point. That bullet is a terrible idea.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Eh, there's more nuance to it than implied in the TLDR

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

You should, this is really bad. These laws are all so backwards. That's like suing the postal service because of people putting illegal stuff in the mail. Or phone companies for streaming copyrighted material because a song was playing in the background.