Posted on 01/09/2021 8:02:25 AM PST by USA Conservative
Twitter permanently banned Trump from the social media platform Friday, citing the risk that he would incite further violence. He had 88.6 million followers.
Back in October President Donald Trump tweeted “REPEAL SECTION 230!!!”
Trump allies and conservatives have cried censorship over Trump’s ban.
Late Friday, President Trump tweeted from the @POTUS Twitter account, accusing Twitter of silencing him and his supporters. All four tweets were then deleted.
Twitter also permanently suspended the @TeamTrump account for ban evasion, the company said late Friday.
Also, millions of mostly conservative accounts were removed.
By banning Trump and mass banning conservatives today, Twitter just LOST Section 230 protections.
By taking such action, they are now considered a Publisher according to Trump’s executive order on preventing online censorship.
From WhiteHouse.Gov:
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230(c)). 47 U.S.C. 230(c). It is the policy of the United States that the scope of that immunity should be clarified: the immunity should not extend beyond its text and purpose to provide protection for those who purport to provide users a forum for free and open speech, but in reality use their power over a vital means of communication to engage in deceptive or pretextual actions stifling free and open debate by censoring certain viewpoints.
Section 230(c) was designed to address early court decisions holding that, if an online platform restricted access to some content posted by others, it would thereby become a “publisher” of all the content posted on its site for purposes of torts such as defamation. As the title of section 230(c) makes clear, the provision provides limited liability “protection” to a provider of an interactive computer service (such as an online platform) that engages in “‘Good Samaritan’ blocking” of harmful content. In particular, the Congress sought to provide protections for online platforms that attempted to protect minors from harmful content and intended to ensure that such providers would not be discouraged from taking down harmful material. The provision was also intended to further the express vision of the Congress that the internet is a “forum for a true diversity of political discourse.” 47 U.S.C. 230(a)(3). The limited protections provided by the statute should be construed with these purposes in mind.
Twitter’s stock is tanking hard and if they lose section 230 protection they could get sued by everyone.
Twitter officially is not targeting conservatives according to their statement:
Even do American patriots on Twitter claim otherwise:
Section 230 was developed in response to a pair of lawsuits against Internet service providers (ISPs) in the early 1990s that had different interpretations of whether the service providers should be treated as publishers or distributors of content created by its users. After the passage of the Telecommunications Act, the CDA was challenged in courts and ruled by the Supreme Court in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997) to be unconstitutional, though Section 230 was determined to be severable from the rest of the legislation and remained in place. Since then, several legal challenges have validated the constitutionality of Section 230.
Deleted my Twitter account today. Facebook is next.
show me a court that will uphold a Trump EO from here on out.....
...and who will shut down Twitter?
I'm getting that too.
Exactly! America must learn to adjust to the "new norm". (Adjust, not accept.)
Monday morning may be a good time to buy TWTR; or not, Jan 21 may be safer.
“All the cheer leading, building of false hopes,etc, is not helping.”
Amen! Can’t wait to see an article posted promising the Durham investigation is about to drop a MOAB....
Yeah, but, this time it’ll work!!
The guy with the hog ring in his nose? Yep... he’s swine
Where are statistics showing the change in Twitter accounts or in followers? Any early record of how big the change is? I deactivated my personal account and five dormant business-related accounts last night and this morning. If others are doing the same, it will have impact.
If there is any change to 230 it will be used to attack conservative, populist, and maybe even libertarian sources. Marxism will be protected. Should be obvious that enforcement at the FED level is corrupt.
Yup. Protect the big tech platforms.
The tradition of such things goes all the way back to President John Adams.
Our road to socialism began with Wilson.
He and his wife were among the worst.
If you read the Wikipedia entry, you will see more disturbing parallels between him and liberals of today. Between the pandemic and this, it’s a 100 year echo.
Biden will just cancel the EO and things will continue.
Great move, shoulda been done 2 years ago
Now it’s simply too little too late. This was perhaps Trump’s biggest error of his presidency other than not finishing the wall.
They just deleted 4000 of my followers. Fascist evil.
Good catch
I agree. The Rats are in control and 230 will remain.
The courts are in on the coup.
No it won't. And shouting that they will lose their status, won't make it happen either. We all know Twitter and other social media outlets violated the term, but the Dems, Biden, and many judges approve of what was, and is being done.
But hey, maybe Congress can have a hearing about it.
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