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Not the same person but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230
Basically, "providers" aren't considered to be publishing content. They're just providing a means to transmit it. Like you can't hold the phone company liable if one criminal calls another and the two organize a bank heist. You can call that "Section 230 immunity".
However, once a company starts creating/directing/moderating the content it is providing it can no longer say "we're just a pipe stuff flows through".
That's very informative, thanks! Now I get it.
Thank you for responding, and you are spot on.