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I'm curious: what's the line between Terms of Service and editorial authority?

I don't know the exact wording of section 230. Even if I knew it, it wouldn't help, because I'm not a lawyer.

That's why I don't understand where the line is drawn and why. If the idea is to "protect open platforms from liability from user content", why is it okay to have policies that remove child porn, but not those that remove incitement to hate crimes?

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> I'm curious: what's the line between Terms of Service and editorial authority?

IANAL: prior approval prior to posting.

If an employee of the publisher is in the 'chain of command' and hits a "Publish" or "Approved" button in the CMS, then it is editorial authority.

If any random yahoo can post something without moderation beforehand, then it is user generated. But the CMS operator could then remove the content after the fact per ToS.

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