These social media giants were given "exemptions" by our government in order to be protected from lawsuits. Thus, they are considered platforms rather than publishers. However, platforms are not supposed to "discriminate" based on political viewpoints.
No, it’s not legally complicated – there’s nothing in the terms of service that specifically excludes particular political viewpoints, so enforcing bans on those views is a breach of agreement. I don’t expect to get published on Mother Jones; social media claims to be different.https://twitter.com/JeffK1983/status/1136814030000201734 …
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Ironically, these tech companies are now clamoring for regulations in an effort to solidify their monopolies while crushing any future start-up competitors. They need to be classified as publishers....
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Just hold social media liable for speech on the platform, and let them control it. I wouldn’t want that, I’d prefer free speech.
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Do we petition the biggest liars on earth (state) to mandate what can and cant be said? I propose we say what we want and create new platforms. Freedom usually (always) wins in the free market. Have faith, speak loudly and deplatform the platforms
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Maybe ur not aware, but these social media giants did not just pop up as good ideas. Govt money helped start them. Facebook was a CIA info gathering program. Same day they ended it, FB was “founded,” making it a private company. Forget BS about the garage. MZ had connections.
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People defending social media censorship on private property grounds need to look up Marsh vs Alabama.
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Agreed. So legally they should be designated as publishers and we can end this farce.
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I don’t mind people on the left excluding us from whatever they like. But they’ll never tolerate the right excluding them from anything.
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You've resigned from Mother Jones ??? ;)
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(2) These services offer users a great degree of control over the information that they receive, as well as the potential for even greater control in the future as technology develops.
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(3) The Internet and other interactive computer services offer a forum for a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity.
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(3) to encourage the development of technologies which maximize user control over what information is received by individuals, families, and schools who use the Internet and other interactive computer services;
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What exactly a finding or policy means in its implications to enforcement of the law is unknown to me. I would assume it delimits applicability of the law, as otherwise it's superfluous to the legal interpretation of the statute. Maybe. Maybe not.
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But what's clear is that the intent of the law assumes user control of content on a forum, not a publisher of curated ideas.
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If the tech giants are just private companies that shouldn't be broken up please explain to me the justification for the break up of DuPont. They were just a private company that the govt saw fit to break up.
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It's a new area that will probably get hashed out in the courts pretty soon. Right now it's not right and needs to be rectified. Twitter, Facebook and others do currently suppress and violate 1A
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What about that thing called the constitution? From what I hear all US citizens have the right to freedom of conscious and speech. Why is it legal for a private company to violate those rights? They even go so far as to entice them to give up their rights just to communicatepic.twitter.com/zZR1KW3ngz
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