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the_donald is now filtered from r/all. Quarantined. Subreddit for discussing the President elect and all things associated to him.

Does anyone know is there anything to allegation that b/c spez actions 'Reddit just lost their safe harbor protections. They are now legally liable for every post on Reddit.'[0]

[0] https://twitter.com/infinitechan/status/801627024431271936

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Before the Communications Decency Act, filtering could possibly be criteria for losing safe harbor protection, see Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co., but because of Section 230 of said act, which was added to enable websites to engage in moderation and filtering, reddit is fine.

So those include modifying user posts without displaying it has been modified by mod? Reddit posts has been used in court as evidence.

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