Posted on 01/18/2021 4:40:20 AM PST by MtnClimber
Social media censorship can be stopped immediately by states controlled by Republicans (meaning both legislative chambers and the governor). Here’s how, from an attorney.
Legislation has been introduced in the North Dakota legislature to prohibit social media companies from censoring messages and posts, as reported by Breitbart and ARS Technica.
See: North Dakota Bill Would Let Censored Citizens Sue Facebook, Twitter. So you can follow developments, it is “an Act to permit civil actions against social media sites for censoring speech.”
Alas, the legislation is not well-written. The penalty is too small, a slap on the wrist, to get Facebook’s or Twitter’s attention. The concepts are like a first draft. It fails to harmonize with Federal law Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, at 47 U.S.C. § 230.
But it is a bold move aimed at real results by Republicans who want to solve problems. A sharpened version could bankrupt the censors as they attempt to impose despotism on the Land of the Free. Hopefully, other States will follow the example.
Censored users could receive “treble [triple] damages for compensatory, consequential, and incidental damages.” But damages one could prove would be very small. Similar legislation would need to impose much larger minimum punitive fines like $100,000 per incident.
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I have a better idea. A one hour locked cage match. The injured party and two friends of their choosing get locked in a cage with the CEO of the tech company. One hour, no rules.
Obstruction of justice of the big steal.
Why don’t we set up a competing social network?
“Why don’t we set up a competing social network?”
Ask Parler.
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There is surely a way to make it work without the help of the liberal tech companies. Use your own servers. Make your “app” nothing more than a link to a website.
It costs over $1,000,000 a year to run FR. How much do guess it would costs to buy, place, and maintain an IT infrastructure to support 1,000 times the number of users?
I have a pretty good idea since I’m actually in IT.
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I’m sure it’s a shocker, but Twitter does it. If there is a demand for the service, then I don’t see why we must use their platform.
““Why don’t we set up a competing social network?””
I have been saying that for years, that is the answer consistent with our conservative, free market beliefs.
(I am the author of the original article at American Thinker.)
However, the Department of Justice lawsuit against Facebook and other complaints about the Big Tech companies is that they have acted to SQUASH competition through their abuse of market power.
Nevertheless, we should do it anyawya.
Once again. Ask Parler about that.
I’m in the IT industry and my company just decided we will no longer recommend AWS to our clients. Today it’s Trump people. Who will it be tomorrow?
Any CIO trusting their company to AWS is derelict in their duty.
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