Comment by ardy42

> It depends. And the problem that people have is that social media companies want to be both publishers and platforms.

> For example, T-Mobile is a platform. They aren't responsible for anything you say when on the phone, using their network.

> CNN is a publisher. They are responsible for anything that gets posted on their website, and can get sued accordingly.

Also T-Mobile is a point-to-point communications platform, while CNN is a broadcaster.

Social media seems like a new thing that doesn't have directly analogous antecedents. It's a high-impact, wide-reach broadcaster that has little to no editorial control. Before it, broadcasters lacking editorial control were marginal and low-reach.