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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 1365 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubby,_Inc._v._CompuServe_Inc.

> The court held that although CompuServe did host defamatory content on its forums, CompuServe was merely a distributor, rather than a publisher, of the content. As a distributor, CompuServe could only be held liable for defamation if it knew, or had reason to know, of the defamatory nature of the content.[2] As CompuServe had made no effort to review the large volume of content on its forums, it could not be held liable for the defamatory content.