TIFU by editing some comments and creating an unnecessary controversy. (u/spez)

Post by DefaultUserHN » Thu, Dec 01, 2016, 9:45 AM UTC

JadeNB wrote: post #3

sergiotapia wrote: post #2

Censoring alternative, conservative views is exactly why Trump became president.

> Censoring alternative, conservative views is exactly why Trump became president. I'm having a hard time telling from the link, but it seems that /u/spez censored personal insults directed at him, which, while still inexcuseable, is quite different from censoring merely alternative viewpoints.

>...censored personal insults directed at him, which, while still inexcuseable, is quite different from censoring merely alternative viewpoints.

He censored a whole sub-reddit dedicated to the discussion of President Trump. That's taking it too far.

Post by 551199 » Thu, Dec 01, 2016, 12:04 PM UTC

Cursuviam wrote: post #16

551199 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the_donald is now filtered from r/all. Quarantined. Subreddit for discussing the President elect and all things associated to him. Does anyone know is there anything to allegation that b/c spez actions 'Reddit just lost their safe harbor protections. They are now legally liable for every post on Reddit.'[0] [0] https://twitter.com/infinitechan/status/801627024431271936

Before the Communications Decency Act, filtering could possibly be criteria for losing safe harbor protection, see Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co., but because of Section 230 of said act, which was added to enable websites to engage in moderation and filtering, reddit is fine.

So those include modifying user posts without displaying it has been modified by mod? Reddit posts has been used in court as evidence.

Re: TIFU by editing some comments and creating an unnecessary controversy. (u/spez)

Re: TIFU by editing some comments and creating an unnecessary controversy. (u/spez)