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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Aug 7

    Apple, Google, Facebook and Spotify erased most of the posts and videos on their services from Alex Jones, thrusting themselves into a fraught debate over their role in regulating what can be said onlinehttps://nyti.ms/2M6sU1y 

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      2. Rob Sheridan‏Verified account @rob_sheridan Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        If I was kicked out of Arby’s because I walked in naked yelling “kill the Jews” your headline wouldn’t say “Arby’s thrust themselves into a fraught debate over their role in regulating behavior in their restaurants.” These are private platforms, they can kick out anyone they want

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      1. Jean L.P. Jaurès‏ @larsp2740 Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        1. First Amendment only applies to government, not private entities like Apple, etc. 2. Just because you can say something doesn't mean you should say it. 3. I don't believe in hell. That makes me sad. Because it would be a good eternal place for Alex Jones.

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      2. grey-sister‏ @grey_sister Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        They are private biz's, offering a service with conditions which each user must agree to. Failure to adhere to the conditions has a penalty, Jones can still peddle his vomit in other ways, this is NOT a Freedom of Speech issue!

        4 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      3. Ethan‏ @etdudla Aug 7
        Replying to @grey_sister @nytimes

        They should be regulated like a public utility.

        4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. grey-sister‏ @grey_sister Aug 7
        Replying to @etdudla @nytimes

        Why, they are not public utilities, they are not part of the critical infrastructure, you don't HAVE to have them in order to survive, If a platform was down, you can still pick up the phone & dial 911, your heat still works, you still have electricity.

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      2. Not Perry Mason‏ @NotPerryMason Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        Not what can be said online. What private companies choose to allow on their platforms online.pic.twitter.com/PX874htWiW

        5 replies 6 retweets 50 likes
      3. Richard James 💎‏ @RichPoliticals Aug 7
        Replying to @NotPerryMason @nytimes

        Wouldn't they just 'show such content the door' by not watching such material? Why the ban? Why the removal of content?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Not Perry Mason‏ @NotPerryMason Aug 7
        Replying to @RichPoliticals @nytimes

        Because they are under no obligation to disseminate defamatory and inflammatory content. My only problem with the removal is that it took so long for the platforms to act.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Richard James 💎‏ @RichPoliticals Aug 7
        Replying to @NotPerryMason @nytimes

        Rather amazing that four separate companies reached that conclusion on the same day...& who gets to decide what's deflamatory & inflammatory material?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Not Perry Mason‏ @NotPerryMason Aug 7
        Replying to @RichPoliticals @nytimes

        Each platform decides on its own based on whatever factors it chooses. Rather amazing that it took them years of disgusting lies and statements targeting Sandy Hook parents for it to happen.

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      7. Richard James 💎‏ @RichPoliticals Aug 7
        Replying to @NotPerryMason @nytimes

        I think he's a bit of a twit but free speech doesn't mean we allow only the speech we like or agree with...

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      8. Not Perry Mason‏ @NotPerryMason Aug 7
        Replying to @RichPoliticals @nytimes

        If by “we” you mean the government of the United States, you’re absolutely right...mostly. But his website is still up. His podcasts are still available. He’s not being silenced. So in that sense “we” ARE allowing free speech that many of us dislike.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Richard James 💎‏ @RichPoliticals Aug 7
        Replying to @NotPerryMason @nytimes

        Given the reach of these platforms he's obviously been in some way silenced. Legally, probably nothing is wrong here, these massive media companies are largely a vast unregulated frontier. But is this form of censorship wise for a free society built on free speechm Certainly not.

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      1. zauberhaftisnich‏ @morphany Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        Apple, Google, Facebook and Spotify don't regulate what can be said online. They regulate what can be said in their online platforms. That Nonbrain-Balloon named Alex Jones still has his own website to spread his lies.

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      1. Darryl Moore  🐧‏ @d1moore Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        What is there to debate? The man has his own website. There is nothing preventing him from streaming his own media from his own servers. Suck it up.

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      1. Clemens Lieb‏ @vogel612 Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        You're doing yourself a disservice by framing this as an issue of free speech. Again: All these platforms are private actors They are not bound by the right to free speech Their terms of service and contracts they form with subscribers allow the termination of said account.

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      2. bostintime.‏ @bostintime Aug 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        Who are they protecting with this censorship , If you don't like it unfollow or block, simple

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Gaby Dore‏ @GabyDore Aug 7
        Replying to @bostintime @nytimes

        Protecting our democracy from targeted misinformation and malicious propaganda dodo.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. bostintime.‏ @bostintime Aug 7
        Replying to @GabyDore @nytimes

        Misinformation comes from both sides of political divide

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