Comment on X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts
UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 1 month agoI’ve seen some interesting takes on this elsewhere as well. If Twitter is making the legal argument that all the accounts belong to them explicitly, would that make them responsible for all the content they host as well?
They basically get away with all the hate speech and copyright infringement because they are considered a “safe harbor,” not the owners of the content themselves; but if they’re the owner of the content, the safe harbor status might not apply…
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Oh, that is very spicy! I can’t wait for the lawsuit that brings up this argument.