Editing Internet forum (section)

=== Liabilities of owners and moderators ===
Several [[lawsuit]]s have been brought against the forums and moderators, claiming [[Defamation|libel]] and damage.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

For the most part, forum owners and moderators in the United States are protected by [[Section 230]] of the [[Communications Decency Act]], which states that "[n]o 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".

In 2019, [[Facebook]] was faced with a [[class action]] lawsuit set forth by moderators diagnosed with [[post-traumatic stress disorder]]. It was settled for $52 million the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newton |first=Casey |date=2020-05-12 |title=Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health |access-date=2021-07-19 |website=The Verge |language=en |archive-date=2021-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221020655/https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health |url-status=live}}</ref>