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Originally Posted by Clint I don't own the board and am not employed by them, so I'm not responsible for shit. And if I was, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides that "[no] provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider," and that "[n]o cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section."
Effectively a message board operator cannot be held liable for the postings of others on said board. As reaffirmed in the 2007 Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos case.
I have a government security clearance. I know better than to do anything that could be illegal without researching that legality first. |
It only grants immunity from torts (torts are civil actions as opposed to criminal, though sometimes torts can be criminal also).
Section E, parts 1 and 2 of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
(e) Effect on other laws.
(1) No effect on criminal law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the enforcement of section 223 or 231 of this Act [47 USCS 223 or 231],
chapter 71 (relating to obscenity) or 110 (relating to sexual exploitation of children) of title 18, United States Code [18 USCS 1460 et seq. or 2251 et seq.], or any other Federal criminal statute.
(2) No effect on intellectual property law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or expand any law pertaining to intellectual property.
Emphasis is mine.
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http://www.casp.net/47usc230.html