Publisher rights

Today in my Media Writing 2 class we went over why it is not the publisher of a website obligation to remove flagged content as soon as possible. In fact they don't have to remove it at all.

Now I disagree with this completely, but I think it is necessary to say why publishers have just as many rights as consumers do.

Publishers create their websites or open their websites to the public so the public can get information freely and easily.

It is not their job to be consumers mommy's and daddy's by telling people what they can and cannot say on their websites.

Consumers have the responsibility to keep themselves under control. They also have the responsibility to work things out with the people they have problems before they go to the publishers.

Consumers need to realize that even if they flag content or tell publishers about inappropriate content the publishers have a right to not take it down.

What content is seen and what content is not is up to the discretion of the publisher.