“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
This is section 230, and for years it made it so that platforms aren’t directly responsible for what their users do. Repealing it would in a way mandate moderating each and every post for any potential risk for a lawsuit. The companies with the resources to do that will do that, those without will struggle.
There’s a push to repeal or weaken Section 230. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3546/text https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-graham-introduce-bill-to-sunset-section-230-immunity-for-tech-companies-protect-americans-online
Keep section 230. Treat any service that uses recommendation or engagement algorithms as publishers.
If they use the data for any purpose other than displaying results for users they need to be treated as publishers.
Sell to advertisers? Publisher. Use for own advertising? Publisher. Sell to AI companies? Publisher.