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What does it really mean to “post” something?

The court is now getting into the weeds of what it means to “post” something. DOJ is doing a decent job of unpacking this, but it’s still more nuanced than the conversation suggests so far. The question is really: if someone posts something to YouTube, and YouTube knows what it is explicitly, and refuses to take it down, is YouTube also “posting” it?

I’m calling this The Poster’s Dilemma.

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