Posted on 05/21/2019 7:00:02 AM PDT by bitt
The “conservative” response to Big Tech censorship has largely been relegated to two thought-terminating lanes: “President Trump, just FIX IT already!” or “That’s capitalism, baby!”
Both real legal constraints and political considerations — imposed on President Trump by allies who are understandably reluctant to embrace the most aggressive executive branch solutions — limit his maneuverability.
Meanwhile, “free market” absolutists refuse to acknowledge the powerful forces at work that deny free speech-focused social media competitors access to a level playing field, as can be seen with even a cursory look at Gab.com’s struggle:
The biggest danger we face is that we yet again retreat to our respective bunkers and find ourselves mired in analysis paralysis until the next escalation.
President Trump is listening. We must seize this moment and advocate for a wide range of executive branch options.
NO FEDERAL CONTRACTS FOR UNAMERICAN COMPANIES
Trump should issue an executive order directing all federal government agencies to refuse to consider contracts with Big Tech firms (or their subsidiaries) that are engaging in politically biased censorship. He should also direct the agencies to, where possible, cancel existing contracts.
Some will argue that, in principle, Big Tech firms have a right to unilaterally determine the TOS that govern their platforms. But who can seriously argue that they have a right to our tax dollars?
Unlike many alternative solutions, there are two recent precedents that can be appealed to in defense of this order.
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Take care of the border and communists in Congress before worrying about big tech.
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“Take care of the border and communists in Congress before worrying about big tech.”
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Yep!
I always thought if someone went ahead and acted as some of the ‘founding fathers’ actually suggested...it would have most dramatic effects leading to surprising results!
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GunnyG@PlanetWTF?
TRUMP.45!FOREVER!
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Amen.
We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. The Big Brother censorship, if allowed to continue, will hamper our ability to take care of the border and communists in Congress.
“President Trump is listening. We must seize this moment and advocate for a wide range of executive branch options.”
The only real solutions to the issue lie with the courts or Congress, not the President.
Either start filing lawsuits or start lobbying for legislation. Nothing pursued through the Executive branch is going to accomplish much, and whatever it does accomplish would be easily reversed as soon as a democrat gets elected President, just as Trump demolished Obama’s “legacy” that was built on Executive branch actions.
In before; Turn the usps into a social network
which is a really bad idea as they can’t even manage to deliver the mail without it costing taxpayers 2-3 Billion per quarter.
Remove their immunity from lawsuits.
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