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by codyps 3408 days ago
A bit clearer with the full quote:

> Although limiting liability online was intended to protect sites hosting digital content, it carried over to service platforms

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The intent of TFA is clearer, but it's still false. AirBnB and Uber didn't get some legal limitation of liability, they just started doing something new and asserted that they weren't liable. Turns out some jurisdictions agree, and others don't. But nobody thought that Common Carrier or the CDA exemptions applied to cars or apartments.