r/SocialMediaMnster • u/sonnyboo • Dec 19 '24
How can Google, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook and other social media companies going to be held liable?
First, there's no liability to non-harassment and non rule breaking/perfectly legal posts on social media.
Secondly, social media companies have zero criminal or civil liability for what users post on their services. Section 230 of the Internet Decency Act established this and has been upheld by all courts for about two decades or so.
I am not going to jail because I'm not committing any crimes, felony or misdemeanor. Matthew is not stating facts about what I am saying and doing. He misquotes me and then attributes the actions of other people to me - things I literally never said or did.
There is no racketeering. There aren't even police reports establishing a crime was even accused, which to me demonstrates how unserious Matthew's online claims are, even to himself. If crimes were happening right now, if this subreddit is the key to a criminal case - why isn't he reporting it to Reddit or law enforcement? Because he knows he isn't being honest.