My opus on the banning of @ByYourLogic: Our Glorious Tech Overlords Will Not Protect Youhttps://medium.com/@mtracey/the-tech-overlords-will-not-protect-you-on-arthur-chu-byyourlogic-and-harassment-d303a027866e#.81o2iemid …
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Replying to @mtracey
Sounds right except 'Twitter-as-public-utility.' Is there any law/precedent stopping a platform from booting anyone they choose?
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Replying to @MLNY
There could be basis for tortuous claims re: discriminatory treatment
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Replying to @mtracey
Regardless of those terms, no law exiets stopping a non-public entity from refusing service randomly or by political views.
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Agree re. dangerous precedent we need to agitate against & pressure we should put on Twitter, but not blurring any legal grounds.
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(Of course civil suits against platforms are always possible if certain activity of theirs goes against the agreed terms.)
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Yeah, I purposefully didn't put forward any comprehensive legal case; just laying out some general principles.
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