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>>Need to be Concerned We need to be concerned when big tech starts censoring certain types of speech, even if we disagree with it. Big Tech doesn’t have to provide platforms for free speech, since they’re private companies. The First Amendment doesn’t apply. The tech companies can censor as much as they want to without violating the Constitution’s free speech protections.

Big Tech is a monopoly operating in violation of antitrust laws and yet they seek more and bigger mergers

Also Big Tech considers themselves a carrier and not a publisher of content and claim no responsibility for copyright violations that occur on their sites, no responsibility for libel/slander/false advertising/incitement to violence/murder. When they pick and choose to only permit content from one political party over the other major party, they reveal that is a lie.


8 posted on 12/10/2018 7:29:54 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committtee)
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For more details on carriers vs. publishers and how legislation needs to be crafted to actually solve the problem, see Josh Smith's video on his proposed Social Media Anti-Censorship act. I've posted my notes on the talk (with links to the details) here: http://freerepublic.com/~snarkpup/#smaca.
17 posted on 12/10/2018 7:55:50 PM PST by snarkpup
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