Trying to legislate a “neutrality” requirement for web platforms would be unconstitutional and unworkable. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/no-section-230-does-not-require-platforms-be-neutral …
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Replying to @EFF
Y’all are on the wrong side of the particular electronic frontier, folks. Nothing is more dangerous for American democracy now than a private censorship regime imposed uniformly by giant corporations with the goal of controlling or shaping public discourse.
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There were tons of shills and dodgy press stories on both sides. All were exercising their free speech rights. This is normal behavior. Look at newspaper stories from the time of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln elections. Same crude discourse, new media.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @EFF
The introduction massive corporations acting on censors over what all individuals and media are allowed to say is unprecedented in the history of our democracy, and an extreme risk to the whole system.
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Our system relies on each individual making decisions and determining what’s fact and fiction. This is true of juries and of democracy as a whole. Individuals are smart and their interests ultimately form checks and balances on the whole system.
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