Re: not quite
A journalist for a newspaper is accountable to their editor who is in turn accountable to a chief editor who in turn is accountable to the owner who is in turn accountable to any shareholders.
One person won't have that many direct reports and will be able to pick up on anything illegal and can temper work that's close to the line. If the entire paper is dodgy, then it has a record in Companies house which includes the directors who are accountable to the law.
A forum has just enough moderators so that the most egregious excesses can be expunged.
For FB, Google, Twitter etc. they have so many users that moderation looks more like tidal defense than anything else.
Not standing on either side of the fence at this moment, just pointing out one of the main differences.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
