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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
The content on Facebook resides on their premises and servers. They own it. That is the key difference.

Just because someone or something "resides" on something owned by someone else doesn't mean that that someone else should be held accountable.

I also own the house which I rent to a family. Am I responsible for the actions (or words) of that family?

Why should Facebook have to monitor the utterances of its posters - and decide whether or not said lawful utterances might constitute a "threat" (or be interpreted by someone else as threatening)?

Regards,

9 posted on 02/14/2013 9:20:30 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek; dmz

Since Facebook handsomely profits from it they should be held liable. If it were a non-profit public service it might be a little different. Even the advertisers have some liability.

After all, if you own and profit from a whorehouse, you personally are not dipping your wick but you would go to jail anyway.


12 posted on 02/14/2013 10:55:39 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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