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social network censorship

OK, I want to break something down at this point. Social networks, web applications, newspapers, and other media outlets are not "the government". Why do I make that statement? Because I keep seeing people crying "wolf" about how facebook is violating their free speech rights. This is 100% untrue (right now) and opens up a thorny debate that has been around since people were dialing up on 1200 baud modems to bulliten boards in the 1980s. Here's the root of the problem/question: if somebody posts illegal content, who can be sued/go to jail for it? In the olden days (before section 230 ) it was (for the most part) "anybody and everybody involved". This means, if you uploaded...IDK kiddie porn, copywritten materials (music, books), legit conspriators or contrive to overthrow the government are all examples everyone seems to use... the creator of the content, the place they uploaded it to, the phone company, anyone who downloaded it, and