The ongoing debate over whether social media companies like Facebook and Twitter should be considered platforms or publishers is really starting to heat up. In fact, things are getting so hot that the White House has stepped into the middle of the debate, suggesting that the time has finally come for companies like Facebook and Twitter to admit that they are really publishers hiding behind all the legal protections granted to them as platforms. In short, if Facebook or Twitter is going to be making editorial decisions about what appears on their platforms, then they are really acting as publishers. … Continue reading If Social Media Companies Are Publishers and Not Platforms, That Changes Everything