Subj : Re: Bencollver's recipe posts
To   : nelgin
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Sep 18 2025 07:38:19

-=> nelgin wrote to Matthew Munson <=-

 > Does Synchronet have post validation abilities?

 ne> I'm not going to become the post police for my users. They're
 ne> responsible for the content they post. If issues crop up then I will
 ne> deal with the user.

 Validating messages would have made you a publisher and liable for
 content that you validate, as well. That was the legal stance online
 services took in the 1980s - they couldn't possibly be liable for
 content on their systems. Although I suppose section 230 of the CDA
 applies to BBSes now.


 
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