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I’d go farther and say that any content presented to the public should be exempt from protection. If it’s between individuals (like email) then the email provider is a dumb pipe. If it’s a post on a public website the owner of the site should be ultimately responsible for it. Yes that means reviewing everything on your site before publishing it. This is what publishers in the age of print have always had to do.


I don't want a law that requires a gatekeeper for communication between members of the public.


Then stand up your own website.

If you're using someone else to do it, they should have a say in what is published under their name, and some responsibility for it.




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