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The decision is also expected to set a precedent for how Facebook will treat the accounts of other world leaders and politicians. And it could be a model for other tech platforms grappling with the question of control over free speech.

Break them up. There should be no "control" over free speech. Reasonable expectations perhaps, but no banning.

1 posted on 05/04/2021 10:40:30 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Too late. Facistbook is exposed. Break them up.


2 posted on 05/04/2021 10:44:33 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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Facebook has censored too much. They lost me!


3 posted on 05/04/2021 10:44:48 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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It’s ironic that Trump can’t ban trolls from his comments section, but Facebook and Twitter can ban Trump.


5 posted on 05/04/2021 10:45:48 AM PDT by Tzimisce ( )
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“Break them up. There should be no “control” over free speech. Reasonable expectations perhaps, but no banning.”

Should private companies be allowed to develop their own policies or not. Conservatives argue a bakery should be allowed to refuse to bake a gay wedding cake. It would be hypocritical to make that argument and at the same time declare Facebook shouldn’t be allowed to set the rules for use of its services.

Should a motel be required to allow pets in the rooms? Should an over 55 community in Florida be required to allow families with children to purchase and inhabit homes?


6 posted on 05/04/2021 10:46:07 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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We need the identities of these faceless censors to be public knowledge. Just like the members of a school board or a govt panel. Facebook censors deserve no special protections from civil action. Any citizen must be able to take the individuals to court for violations of constitutional rights.


7 posted on 05/04/2021 10:46:11 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Trump doesn’t need them nor should ever go back. They’d just take him off again.


9 posted on 05/04/2021 10:46:45 AM PDT by albie
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forget it, POTUS. why give them the revenue. bring forth your own platform and capitalize on it.


11 posted on 05/04/2021 10:47:46 AM PDT by avital2
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The only reason they would it self-serving, to stall off a future section 230 clamp-down if the present administration is no longer able to protect them.


13 posted on 05/04/2021 10:50:30 AM PDT by bigbob
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they're just skeeerd sh1tless he'll say NO THX!
14 posted on 05/04/2021 10:53:58 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there is no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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Priscilla CHAN (China) will decide.. WILL CHINA THROW US A BONE?


15 posted on 05/04/2021 10:56:27 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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Trump should tell Facebook not to bother and to go to hell.


17 posted on 05/04/2021 10:56:52 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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FB has to say: “Please come back Mr. Trump, we apologize”


18 posted on 05/04/2021 10:57:22 AM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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How about reinstating Donald J. Trump to the Presidency. That’s where he belongs. MAGA!!!


19 posted on 05/04/2021 10:57:38 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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Technically our Government cannot censor people . So how to get around this roadblock when it wants to bury annoying truths ? Simple, give certain companies special favors and allow them to become monopolies in return for said companies to do the censoring for them.


22 posted on 05/04/2021 11:02:57 AM PDT by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V!)
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They won’t reinstate President Trump. ‘We The People’ will hang out with him elsewhere and vote like maniacs for him when we get another chance. :)


24 posted on 05/04/2021 11:08:48 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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I’ve not been troubled by anything that Facebook does or doesn’t do for three years. That was when I scrubbed my account. FB is a preposterous waste of time and mental energy.


25 posted on 05/04/2021 11:12:40 AM PDT by Iowa Slim
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If they re-instate Trump, I hope refuses to join them again. At this point FB needs him more than Donald needs them.


27 posted on 05/04/2021 11:15:58 AM PDT by elpadre ( )
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It’s a private company they can do what they want and the slimes in Congress gave them top over with that Section 230 crap. One of the reasons President Trump wanted it gone. So then, they could be held accountable.


28 posted on 05/04/2021 11:18:22 AM PDT by qaz123
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Sounds like they are scare of someone or something. I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg and wifey Prisilla Chan will announce their divorce?


37 posted on 05/04/2021 12:06:51 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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if hes reinstated, he should hire to me manage it for him, it would blow their mind not to see what they want to ..


39 posted on 05/04/2021 1:25:05 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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