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		whywhywhywhy 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Self-hosting your own media considered harmful acc... >And none of that changes YouTube's liability - caused by misinformation and death. Doesn’t section 230 protect them from the consequences of words users transmit through their platform.

shakna 11 months ago [–]

Only if they "take reasonable steps" to "delete or prevent access" to that content. That is, they filter or suppress the information. Which is precisely the point of this thread. They did.

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