At the most basic level, under the Roommates.com holding it is unlikely that
simply providing a space through which to engage in illegal acts around political
disinformation will expose the platforms themselves to liability. Creating an
open-ended box for posting content did not constitute codevelopment, enabling
Roomates.com to obtain the beneﬁt of CDA 230 at least for those elements of its
platform. On this count, it is likely that simply making available the means of
posting – even if leveraged by trolls, bots, and foreign agents to spread
disinformation – will be a point on which platforms will be able to claim
immunity.
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