Posted on 05/27/2020 4:37:25 PM PDT by RandFan
@JackPosobiec
BREAKING: President Trump to sign Executive Order on Social Media Censorship
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“They’re there to push photons or electrons and nothing more.”
That’s what the carriers do, not the social media platforms.
The platforms host an application that requires membership to participate in, not unlike FR. They require you agree to their TOS to join and participate.
Everyone is free to participate in their service, or not. As long as you follow their TOS. If you don’t, they can kick you off.
And that TOS has nothing to do with the Bill of Rights.
There are 10’s of thousands of other applications available to everyone who has access to twitter and facebook.
I see your point. Well, maybe someone like Peter Thiel could make it happen.
Can’t really compare this site to Twitter. Twitter is practically a public utility. It’s gigantic. We are here as a private club. Thank God for that. I get so tired of the stuff I have to see on my Facebook feed from relatives. This is an oasis for me.
Thank you, I’m kinda shocked at the brownshirt approval of the government coming in and controlling the activities of private companies. If you don’t like the rules, find something else. Go on DU and see if you last 15 seconds for a pro-Trump post. Same as going on FR and see if you last with a pro-biden post.
Very easy one. Enemy combatants. No rights. Crush them.
Now the federal government is getting involved which nearly nobody wants.
They cant leave things alone and the result is this.
When does what is being done on these internet forums become controlled propaganda instead of free expression?
So what’s to stop Facebook & Twitter from avoiding they’re liberal if that’s the test?
Section 230 Of the Community Decency Act of 1996 begins with a preamble that states that a robust internet allowing all views, and forms of expression political and otherwise are very important for free speech but that lewd and lascivious content is to be blocked to children.
Two types of net providers: Publishers and providers.
Providers, “platforms” just provide a format for users. Publishers edit content. We don’ need no conservatives here.
Providers are immune from lawsuits, not publishers - this is what FB, google, instagram - all social media rely upon for immunity from suit.
If they edit they’re publishers and no longer immune. Censor any thing but lewd and lascivious and they lose that. Banned for declaring islam a war plan? Sue. Banned for any cleanly defined free speech? Sue.
Its just sitting there waiting for an Executive order for the Justice Dept. to come to a social platform agreement to stop banning speech or shut them down.
I’ll get you a 230 Link. - Dinnertime. ;-)
Or, like Rush said, social media should be like “empty vessels” where people pour in their input. A vessel doesn’t decide what goes in, stays in, etc. It’s just their to receive stuff.
You’re living in your own private Idaho. Idaho. Lol
“I’m not a fan of government meddling in what private companies do.”
Guess what? Those private companies are meddling in your government.
“Rubio is introducing a bill and Mark Meadows too.”
Yesterday, I heard about Rubio doing this. A bill would carry more weight than an EO.
Which is legal and ok unless there’s racketeering going on.
It’s simple. The time for ideological purity is over. This is war.
Ok keyboard commando, go off to the front lines.
See just above #128. I’m betting on this. Social media is out of control lib basements.
See Reddit and 4chan
Once they we champions of free speech but then leftist found a way to ruin them Any “conservative “ social media site would last maybe a year before before the left took it over
Our function is to be an echo chamber here. We are our own therapist if you will.
And at your own peril too.
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