Posted on 08/18/2018 5:58:02 AM PDT by SES1066
Unfortunately, most political conversation these days occurs not on the “free” internet, where independent sites like Power Line reside, but rather on social media–Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and so on. Other players include Google (in its search capacity), Apple, Pinterest, Spotify, etc. Happily–if you are a leftist–all of these tech companies are run by liberals. And because they are private companies, they are not constrained by the First Amendment. They can restrict or ban conservative communications on the ground that they are “hate speech,” or on no grounds whatsoever, with impunity.
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What you think about my post is of no consequence to me, my opinion and right to it ranks right up there with yours.
Well that’s an interesting attitude to promote on a public discussion forum. You have a right to your opinion. I have a right to post evidence undermining the validity of your opinion. Isn’t this how it’s supposed to work?
Or are you a Democrat, because I’ve heard that facts are Kryptonite to them.
How about a blackout? Pick a week/month and drop the activity that would scare the shareholders.
Management is left, the shareholders are money.
Sadly, we cannot depend on a government agency to change their status.
Not sad. As freedom loving conservatives, we should always look to free market solutions. To disrupt the system, we must be willing to disrupt our lives.
For the “there oughta be a law”, laws are always a double edged sword and can be turned against freedom loving people.
The Hammond ranchers were prosecuted under an anti-terror law. See how that works?
I have no problem with a court case, if the platforms are breaking the law or denying civil rights, they should be sued. That is law and order.
another way to go is to massively report LEFTIST accounts, especially ones who promote violence, like antifa and jihadis.
If they ban the accounts, good. If they dont, even better, make them explain why not.
Perhaps, just a thought, as many of us are investors / shareholders in these corporations, directly and through ETFs & mutual funds, we should mount a shareholder revolt, demanding a more balanced behavior.
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A good and workable suggestion that removes government from the equation. Shareholders and investors effectively own these companies. On several occasions I have expressed concerns to corporate management when companies I have an interest in are doing things that are detrimental to shareholders interests.
And bear in mind that although we may not be large shareholders, the companies cannot ignore our comments because they don’t know if we post our opinions on widely read investment sites or express our concerns to mutual funds that own them. So its worth the effort to communicate with them.
By the way, the same companies that censor ‘inconvenient’ discussions and facts for ideological reasons will also likely do everything in their power to protect their ideological bretheren when they are in power. Just like the news media does. They ignore, bury and avoid any negative coverage of their political champions who are in office. This is basically the flip side of censorship and another form of shielding political favorites from criticism.
I am surviving, I never was 'that social' (or is it socialist?) to begin with. Have never belonged to any of them and have not felt the loss in any way!
Like it or not, the Russians have a right to their opinion via our media. That IS the Free Press concept.
The “FREE” internet died when Obama, the RATs and the RINOs gave it away.
Re: #7
What a great find.
If only the SEC would act on it. Unfortunately The SEC is pretty much politically correctly compromised and if they act it will be at molasses in Winter speed.
Dont forget......... Trump controls many aspects of these agencies now.
Trump,hears us and has tweeted that he will address this issue. Finally, a president who pushes back. God speed, mr. President. Also, for those down on his use of twitter, this is a perfect example of him using the platform to directly and swiftly acknowledge our concerns. He is also communicating to the leftist internet oligarchs that this will not remain in answered.
Thanks for that. I have been thinking that all along, when people cite the "private company" excuse.
I am not a lawyer, but I suspect that these social-media giants should also be subject to oversight by the FCC, and possibly by other government entities.
This isn't about the First Amendment. It's about companies who hold themselves out to be one thing, while acting as a different thing.
My 2¢.
Amen.
WRT social media shutting out conservatives....here’s something you can do right now.
ACTION NOW——THEY NEED TO GET THOUSANDS OF LETTERS INFORMING THEM YOU ARE COMMISSIONING AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE SCHOOL’S FINANCES AND HANDLING OF PUBLIC MONIES.... .for the following reasons:
According to the Association of CPA’s, an audit is a systematic and independent examination of books, accounts, statutory records, documents and vouchers of an organization (non-profit or publicly-held) to ascertain authenticity of financial statements as well as non-financial disclosures and to codify that the account presents a true and fair view of the issues at hand.
An audit also attempts to ensure that the account is properly maintained as required by federal and state law. The auditor perceives and recognises the issues, and conducts a examination, obtains evidence, evaluates the same, and formulates an opinion on the basis of informed judgement which is communicated through an audit report.
Issues such as colleges receiving federal and state tax dollars, applying for public monies, disposition of public monies, billing procedures, and the detailed reporting of these issues. This includes the federal government, state government, the SEC, Banking oversight agencies, ERISA, insurance and other liability companies.
Areas commonly audited include: compliance audits, internal controls, quality management, project management, and collection and disposition of public monies. As a result of an audit, principles and stake-holders may effectively evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, for the edification of the relevant federal and state governance agencies and taxpayers with a financial stake in the subject matter.
Financial audits are commonly performed to ascertain the validity and reliability of information, as well as to provide an assessment of a system’s internal control. As a result of this, each party can have an accounting given on financial statements based on on the audit evidence obtained.
Due to constraints and limitations that might be placed on the auditor, an audit seeks to provide reasonable assurance that the statements are free from material error. In the case of financial audits, a set of financial statements are said to be true and fair when they are free of material misstatements – a concept influenced by both quantitative (numerical) and qualitative factors.
Copies of the audit are to be provided to federal and state governments, taxpayers, including legal oversight agencies, liability companies and oversight agencies, and officials of the state and federal government deemed stakeholders in the resultant financial accounting.
Go visit them.
ITEM-—Facebook deleting half a billion accounts is solid evidence of financial wrongdoing.
REFERENCE A couple of newspapermen were jailed b/c they cook
ed the books WRT readership —— to charge more for ads.
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The SEC should be advised that FACEBOOK apparently mislead investors.
CONTACT enforcement @SEC.gov
Investors should be mailing their FACEBOOK Annual Reports to their attorneys as we type.
The SEC prosecutes when publicly-held companies falsify Annual Reports.
I never use google. I use StartPage, and while I know it has some affiliation with google, it promises to respect my privacy. I choose to believe them.
But, I was wondering if … say, the Library of Congress has a site where one can go to get just FACTUAL information without being stalked.
Buy stock, then cause trouble at the stockholders’ meeting.
Meanwhile, Conservapedia.
There are sites like MeWe and Gab that at least don’t censor.
I suppose we could all migrate back to MySpace. Wouldn’t that be ironic?
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