No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the
Jeff Kosseff. Cybersecurity Law Professor at the United States
publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
Naval Academy
This means, that unlike a newspaper or magazine who would be legally responsible for what they circulate. If YouTube circulates a video recruiting for an illegal organisation, against which it runs advertising that makes YouTube profit and which its algorithms has sent your way because you watched eggplant videos (you have to listen to the podcast for that reference), YouTube has no responsibility for that content – only a responsibility to shareholders to bank the profits!
The Supreme Court case that could change the internet – The Record by Recorded Future
So, no reading for this “weekend read” just listening – no special app needed just follow the links in the article to Dina Temple-Raston’s podcast.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
