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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 17 Aug 2018
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    “These are private companies and can do what they please” is such a deeply inadequate response to questions around social media / speech. Private companies have always had public obligations, enforceable by law. There is nothing new about this dilemma, and no need for fatalism

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      2. James Waddell‏ @jlwaddell68 17 Aug 2018
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        So it’s ok to use force to dictate what people do with their private property. Okay.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 17 Aug 2018
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        Under certain controlled circumstances, yes. That’s always been the case. ExxonMobile can’t freely pollute their private property with no ramifications

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      2. Krazyowl 🦉‏ @krazyowl 17 Aug 2018
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        Technically they are not private companies and cannot do what they want they have to answer to the shareholders and SEC for regulatory purposes. Private companies don’t sell shares so they have more freedom then public trading corporations.

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      3.  ❌Lynn S Whitney ❌‏ @LynnSWhitney2 18 Aug 2018
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        Thank you. Not many know the difference between the two. I'm going to spread this around.

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      1. SmithCan‏ @SmithCan1 17 Aug 2018
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        When companies list their stock on an exchange they are no longer private and have a financial and social responsibility to employees, suppliers, customers and shareholders. How long before there is a derivative law suit against #Facebook or #Twitter?

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      1. zombie vampire bat,baron Samedi,Daniel‏ @lafleurmtl 17 Aug 2018
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        MaBell was a private company They also claimed no responsability for the words it carried But it was severely regulated as the monopoly and public service it was The new Bells in social media should be treated the same

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      1. Squilliam's Nephew‏ @youlikemyatname 17 Aug 2018
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        It's one of the most ignorant poorly constructed resposes that people give to what is almost always valid well thought out critiques of these giant monopolistic corporations abusing their power

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      1.  ⏳Lally Weymouth's Southampton Home ⏳ #Unity4J‏ @OrganicCucumber 18 Aug 2018
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        it's startling how many "socialists" turn into Ayn Rand acolytes if it means getting right-wingers deplatformed. It's also startling how many anarcho-capitalists are blind to the pernicious censorship that such private property absolutism engenders.

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      1. Caboose‏ @Himura0011 17 Aug 2018
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        While I agree about that, there is a legitimate point to be made that Twitter/Facebook being the "public square" is relative. There are just as many people, probably more, that don't engage online altogether. FB/Twitter as they are now are within their right to screen content.

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      1. George Bailey‏ @SpecialAgentA 17 Aug 2018
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        It's a distinction without a difference when the government doesn't enforce its own antitrust legislation and privatizes the 21st Century commons

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      1. danteinvest‏ @danteinvest 17 Aug 2018
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        You could argue they are utilities like con ed. To be regulated by FERC.

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      1. DSA Swarthykin Caucus ❼‏ @QueenInYeIIow 18 Aug 2018
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        I'm fine with them not hosting Jones's content for similar reasons as to why I'm fine with them not hosting snuff videos or kiddie porn.

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      1. Awake ThemNot‏ @AwakeThemNot 17 Aug 2018
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        I'd be satisfied if they'd just admit to their own bias and that they shill for specific groups.

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      1. StikeDC‏ @StikeDC 17 Aug 2018
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        I’m really getting annoyed that @billmaher has not touched Sarah Jeong or this issue at all the past two weeks — esp given his history w/ Free Speech issues. (Usually breaking from liberal PC dogma.) Maybe he’ll talk about it tonight. 🗣‼️ 📺 @RealTimers

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      1. Captain 3 Eyes‏ @3SeaEyes 17 Aug 2018
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        See: environmental obligations, hiring practices, non-discrimination clauses, etc.

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      1. End Corruption‏ @CorruptionMarch 17 Aug 2018
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        End Corruption Retweeted Louis Leo IV

        Did you know #censorship can be criminal? #SeeSomethingSaySomethinghttps://twitter.com/LouisLeoIV/status/1030642273283919872?s=19 …

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        Can someone let @Jack know it's not #HateSpeech or "bullying" to expose criminal activity? #Censorship of records or information posted on @Twitter or @Facebook by whistleblowers, informants, etc can also be obstruction of justice and witness tampering under 18 U.S. Code § 1512. pic.twitter.com/IBXlqLCftd
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      1. IStandAgainstTyranny‏ @Billstannard1 18 Aug 2018
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        So since your law and car are in public view I have a right to post signs and bumper stickers in them of view points you don’t agree with for free speech right? You wouldn’t want to censor people on your property would you?pic.twitter.com/2bpEXLN6rQ

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