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If Google, or CF, or whoever are fronting illegal activity with their services, they are absolutely responsible for damages the party they are proxying. Platfo
by hackbinary 5y ago
If Google, or CF, or whoever are fronting illegal activity with their services, they are absolutely responsible for damages the party they are proxying.
Platforms must be responsible for the content they are hosting, broadcasting, and publishing.
One to one communications between two people exchanging ideas and having a private discussion is different from mass broadcasting.
- fstrthnscnd 5y ago> Platforms must be responsible for the content they are hosting, broadcasting, and publishing. > One to one communications between two people exchanging ideas and having a private discussion is different from mass broadcasting. The highway is used both by those visiting their friends and those doing mass deliveries. Is it the job of the highway maintenance crew to control for what purpose their network is used? I would like to know if the above analogy stands. Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27994831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27994831
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- zizee 5y agoThe "owner" of the highway is the government, who regulates commercial traffic differently to personal traffic. The government places strict rules on who is allowed to use the highway, and how it is used. The highway maintenance crew is akin to the person installing racks for CloudFlare.
- hackbinary 5y agoHighway are a poor analogy for information broadcast systems in general. Highways are closer to a one to one transmission system rathe than a broadcast system of one to many.