The decision, as it always has been, is which freedoms we want corporations to have, and which we do not. That is a public policy choice, and it is not answered by an absolute statement like they "can do what they want because they're private", as if they are not subject to law.
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If you think a private corporation should have the right to censor, _say why you think that should be the law_. Don't pretend that somehow private corporations aren't already restrainted by thousands of laws, so somehow it would be "weird" if they were barred from censoring.
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Replying to @cmuratori
I usually look at it from the other end of the telescope - what would those companies be forced to do if they couldn't censor? Perhaps they'd be forced to platform conspiracy theorists, people who push ivermectin as an effective treatment for Covid, etc.
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Replying to @HjalmarAstrom
Do you also ask that question of all the other companies that serve "people who push ivermectin", etc.? The power company, the bank that holds their money, the grocery store that sells them food, etc.?
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Replying to @cmuratori
No, because selling food to a conspiracy theorist doesn't harm anyone. Giving them a platform to spread dangerous misinformation does hurt people. E.g. the Bret Weinstein fan who didn't get vaccinated and later died of Covid.
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Replying to @HjalmarAstrom @cmuratori
who gets to decide what is "misinformation?" as far as i'm concerned, *i am the only one who gets to decide that. i don't trust any other entity to make that decision on my behalf.
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Replying to @androth4 @cmuratori
I just don't think a private company should be required by law to platform whatever misinformation someone wants to disseminate. There will always be platforms who welcome those kinds of folks anyway
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Replying to @HjalmarAstrom @cmuratori
misinformation is a relative term. these companies will gladly platform any misinformation that aligns with the politics of the predominant corporate culture. they have rules of conduct, but they apply those rules selectively based on subjective interpretation of "misinformation"
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Replying to @androth4 @cmuratori
I completely disagree, it's actually pretty easy to figure out what's true and what's not if you're prepared to do a few hours of reading (99.99% of Twitter are not) providing the information is available
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Replying to @HjalmarAstrom @cmuratori
perhaps you missed the context of my post. misinformation is a relative term to those enforcing it on their platform. indeed. it should be up to every individual to validate information they receive before acting on it. censorship removes my ability to do so.
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That is also why I am opposed to it. I have had the experience personally, multiple times, of seeing a post censored or mislabeled on social media that I knew was actually correct, and that was later accepted to be correct.
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Replying to @cmuratori @androth4
That's interesting, could you give me an example of that?
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