This is trash. Twitter, Facebook, etc. are private companies and they should be allowed to discriminate against conservatives all they want. Political opinion is not a protected class. If Trump stops these companies from discriminating then he is engaging in tyranny.
As publicly traded companies, their stockholders/investors would disagree.
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“This is trash. Twitter, Facebook, etc. are private companies and they should be allowed to discriminate against conservatives all they want. Political opinion is not a protected class. If Trump stops these companies from discriminating then he is engaging in tyranny.”
OK, since ALL companies are private, then you agree “No Blacks” is a perfectly valid sign for any business to put up.
This is trash. Twitter, Facebook, etc. are private companies and they should be allowed to discriminate against conservatives all they want. Political opinion is not a protected class. If Trump stops these companies from discriminating then he is engaging in tyranny.
Yet. Here's an opinion that says it could be: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/9/title-vii-solution-social-media-censorship/
I disagree.
Their Section 320 exemption can be pulled which would regulate them like media companies and subject them to far more liability. It was one thing when they did not censor content and thus had no editorial control. Right now they are exhibiting that they do have editorial control and should therefore be liable for what is written or shown on their platforms.
And of course the DOJ can bring anti trust actions against several of them as illegal monopolies.
And let’s not forget, the courts can rule they are the equivalent of the town square and thus cannot ban anybody who does not engage in clearly illegal speech.....just like the 9th circuit ruled a privately owned shopping mall on private property could not bar a group of protestors from coming onto their property to protest.
There’s nothing tyrannical about any of that.