8: Posting or transmitting content through the Website that is harassing, threatens or encourages bodily harm, constitutes hate speech
11: Posting or transmitting content through the Website that is obscene, lewd, lascivious, or otherwise illegal
Given rules that members are forbidden from posting hate speech there might be legal responsibility for the host to allow certain messages to be posted, because that implies a judgement that they aren’t hate speech.
A posted sign saying “Don’t spit on the floor” does not license spitting on the counter, the shelves, the ceiling, etc.; and does not restrain the bouncer from turfing you if you spit in someone else’s drink.
Given rules that members are forbidden from posting hate speech there might be legal responsibility for the host to allow certain messages to be posted, because that implies a judgement that they aren’t hate speech.
In particular worthy of note:
Given rules that members are forbidden from posting hate speech there might be legal responsibility for the host to allow certain messages to be posted, because that implies a judgement that they aren’t hate speech.
A posted sign saying “Don’t spit on the floor” does not license spitting on the counter, the shelves, the ceiling, etc.; and does not restrain the bouncer from turfing you if you spit in someone else’s drink.
IANAL, but that doesn’t sound very likely to me.