@atomicpoet @mmasnick will be interesting to see who/how that is determined legally. For example, if @sfba.social posts a link to a local news story are they now a publisher? Who decides? And further, if there's a risk of falling into the publisher category, does that scare away instance owners from linking to content?
Oh and btw, is this limited to media cos only? What about individuals who create video, blog posts, podcasts or for that matter individuals who create interesting threads?