Broadcasting isn't communication?
"Free Republic" is a club, and so is "citizen free press."
You're grasping.
Free Republic is a club. You can only associate here with those select few people who qualify by having email addresses.
"A company which allows members of the public to communicate with other members of the public over communications infrastructure.
Free Republic, any email service, every website that has a comments function, every ISP, every VOIP provider, every satellite phone system, etc., etc.
When you give the government this power they aren't going to come to you to ask if these were the companies you had in mind. They'll interpret your words in the way that gives them the most power.
It isn't communications between members of the public.
It is one way communication from some entity to members of the public. It is closer to being a "press" than is fascist book or Goolag.
You're grasping.
No i'm not. I've been saying this for a long time. You have to become a member of Free Republic to post here. This is a small outfit as such things go, and has no significant impact on the larger system of communications.
Free Republic is a club. You can only associate here with those select few people who qualify by having email addresses.
And who advocate conservatism. If you try posting liberal crap on this website, you get kicked off. Free Republic is a forum for conservatives to discuss ideas and opinions.
But why do you always want to bring up "Free Republic" in the context of billion user fascist companies censoring Americans? They are not even remotely similar.
When you give the government this power they aren't going to come to you to ask if these were the companies you had in mind.
Facebook, twitter, google and etc are already different faces of government censorship. They are proxies for government and they only censor topics the government wants censored.
They have no mind of their own, they are good little Nazis.
They'll interpret your words in the way that gives them the most power.
They already do and their agents act upon the government's desire.
Talking about how dangerous are the vaccines?
"That's misinformation!"
Talk about the election steal in 2020?
"That's misinformation!"
Point out that F@ggots in dresses are still men?
"That's misinformation!"