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The issue isn't you or me calling him out, it's whether Twitter is acting as a platform or publisher by annotating the tweet. The document here alleges that they are like a publisher, and will lose vital protection. This has serious implications.


Which would also apply to any news outlet with a moderated comment section, including Fox News, no?


I would think so, yes. In that case I wouldn't be surprised if the comment section is removed, or the moderation team of Fox News more carefully sticks to platform principles. Honestly not sure.


Fox News will be wholly empowered by this. This EO is a reaction to attempts to fact-check the White House, and Fox News is in a different line of business.


No doubt the President would want his friends to benefit. Infotainment is cancer.


Do you think publishers aren’t allowed to comment on the validity of what they are publishing?


I am not a lawyer. I just read the draft.

Publishers are absolutely allowed to comment on the validity of the content they've published - why are you asking?

Twitter is benefiting from the fact they're classed as a _platform_. Platform != Publisher.

It's up to the courts to decide whether annotating content in the way Twitter has is editorial. Twitter opened a can of worms here.


Ok so to clarify the same question:

If/When Twitter is classified as a publisher do you believe they will be able to comment on the validity of things they publish? Like, for instance, a newspaper would?


Of course: they'd be a publisher in that case. However, I don't think they would last long as a company without platform protections.




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