[erikpukinskis]

I find this metaphorical argumentation incredibly boring. Either Facebook is a metaphor for the phone company, or it's a metaphor for a publisher. Who cares? Maybe we need a third category. Maybe we need to end common carriers entirely. We're obviously treading new ground here. Let's argue about proposed law, how it works, and cost/benefit analysis.

What law you would write and who it should apply to? You think Facebook should be mandated to host all non-illegal content, yes?

What about Flickr? What about Gardening.com? What about NoNazisAllowed.com? What would you propose as the legal standard for deciding who is a common carrier and who is not?

I don't have a horse in this race, but let's at least start the discussion with something concrete.