liable

Example Sentences

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That is how the ruling got around the section of the longstanding Communications Decency Act that has generally shielded internet companies from being found liable for content users post on their platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In March, Meta and YouTube were found liable in a landmark US trial over a woman's childhood addiction to social media.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

This policy created the internet as we know it by fostering free expression: It allowed platforms to host a vast range of speech without worrying that they would be liable for its content.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

They did not argue that Instagram or YouTube should be liable for what users posted, but rather that the platforms themselves, which weaponize infinite scroll, autoplay, and addictive feeds, are dangerous products.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Yet at any moment she was liable to be seized by one of those curious fits of sleep, which might last for a few minutes or for hours.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry