[zuminator]

Host absolutely everything? Instructions on creating explosives, chemical and biological weapons? Some future doomsday weapon? Would you say everything should be available up to and including methods for any unbalanced individual to single-handedly kill thousands or millions? How about your personal details, ID, address, employer, medical history, surfing, shopping habits? Would you even be ok with hackernews piercing the veil of your "throwaways885" username and publishing it?

[throwaways885]

What I'm suggesting is that neither I or large corporations are capable of making that distinction. Nor the government for that matter.

[nobody_at_all]

Corporations only make that distinction on their property.

These big tech companies do not have the power to silence anyone.

Just like you can ban people you don't like from yours.

[dahfizz]

Platforms are not publishers. The publisher of these things should face legal action (including the removal of their content). It's not for the platform to pick and choose.

[mahogany]

Can you define "platform" in this context? Is this a legal term?

It's interesting to see this dichotomy between platforms and publishers in these types of threads. I assume it stems from a reading of Section 230 somehow, but the word "platform" never appears in that text.

[Dylan16807]

Strictly speaking, "platform" is an umbrella term, and people are actually distinguishing between publisher and non-publisher.