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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
John, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 provides limited immunity from defamation cases to providers and users of interactive computer services. Basically, someone shit-posting someone else on your site does not make you as the site host liable for their defamatory conduct unless you have an active role in editing it. There are nuances, but the whole idea was to prevent a shut-down like you were advised to do.
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Adam, thanks, very helpful to know there is a law protecting hosts of forums like Leon's and mine. I think I need a new lawyer. Alas, too late in the game for me to try something again and why would I since we have a much better model in Net54.