Posted on 08/28/2018 2:06:58 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/protect-free-speech-digital-public-square-0
WE THE PEOPLE ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CALL ON CONGRESS TO ACT ON AN ISSUE: Protect Free Speech in the Digital Public Square
Created by W.C. on August 28, 2018
4,984 SIGNED 100,000 GOAL
The internet is the modern public square. It is where political campaigns are fought and won, where journalism is created and distributed, and where grassroots movements are born. Yet, the free and open internet has become a controlled, censored space, monopolized by a few unaccountable corporations.
By banning users from their platforms, those corporations can effectively remove politically unwelcome Americans from the public square. That is repugnant to our shared values of free speech and freedom of the press.
The President should request that Congress pass legislation prohibiting social media platforms from banning users for First Amendment-protected speech. The power to block lawful content should be in the hands of individual users – not Mark Zuckerberg or Jack Dorsey.
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Is that it?
CNBC:
Trump: Facebook, Twitter, Google are ‘treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful’
Trump said in a tweet that Google’s search engine had “rigged” news story search results to show mostly “bad” stories about him and other conservatives.
He later criticized Facebook and Twitter.
He says Google is prioritizing left-leaning outlets and warns that the situation “will be addressed.”
The president’s comments come a week before Google, Facebook and Twitter testify before Congress.
Larry Kudlow, Trump’s economic advisor, says the White House is “looking into” whether Google suppresses positive articles about the president.
Ryan Brown
Published 9 Hours Ago Updated 1 Hour Ago
CNBC.com
The last few petitions I’ve signed all have an identical problem. It sends an email back to me for confirmation, but the confirming link doesn’t work. Same is happening here.
Now what?
Very good.
You were then instructed to check your email to send verification in order to validate e-signature.
This petition would destroy Free Republic
Gotta save the country first.
We’ll worry about repairing FR afterwards.
BFL
I just deactivated it, so i'll try again.
Yup. That worked. Got a confirmation in my email that time.
Governments censor.
Private sector companies do not.
It should be limited to platforms larger than a certain size. The target is megacorps like Goolag, Fascist book, and twitfest.
Smaller outlets do not pose a threat to public free speech.
you receive an email that includes an http address to click on - that confirms your signature
signed :-)
Should they then pass legislation prohibiting me from banning people from my home for First Amendment-protected speech? Eff all that.
Private sector companies do not.
If we allow private companies to censor, you will not be able to tell when there is a government behind it.
If your home controls 90% of all public traffic of a certain class, then I would be in favor of seizing your home through the process of Eminent domain.
The power to control communications is too great a danger for the nation to survive.
Don't want your home seized? Don't make it a part of a critical national infrastructure.
Requiring them to *NOT CENSOR* is not a regulation.
It is a prohibition for them to regulate.
Done
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