However, when Twitter, YouTube and Facebook begin editing or promoting certain content, making editorial decisions, they become a content publisher, and should immediately lose their protection against legal action, and should also be forced to publicly state that they are censoring certain types of content.
They should also fall under FEC laws regarding in-kind political contributions.
Mark
Thank you for explaining it clearly to the knee-jerk
“They can do whatever they want with their businesses” folks.
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Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are companies that are not bound by the first amendment to provide a platform of free speech. However, they are CURRENTLY protected by laws passed by congress in the same way that the telephone companies are immune to legal action if people collude to commit crimes using the service they provide. They are considered to be “carriers,” rather than “publishers” of content.
However, when Twitter, YouTube and Facebook begin editing or promoting certain content, making editorial decisions, they become a content publisher, and should immediately lose their protection against legal action, and should also be forced to publicly state that they are censoring certain types of content.
They should also fall under FEC laws regarding in-kind political contributions.
Mark