Posted on 10/05/2021 3:00:25 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Facebook calls for new "standard rules" for the Internet after the "whistleblower" hearing.
They want to repeal the law that says social media can’t be sued IMO
This would make up and coming smaller social media platforms timid and censor more too because unlike the big boys they could be sued out of existence
Facebook isn’t stupid. They know that any government effort to censor Facebook would likely be struck down on First Amendment grounds. They beg the government to censor them precisely because they know it can’t.
Was kind of obvious from the start.
When the “scandal” was that Facebook was prioritizing profits, the fake was obvious.
Standard ‘net rule #0:
Don’t EVER use FarceBook.
Read later.
HOW F CONVENIENT
That's where the fight is. Parler, GAB and the rest, including the OG social network, Free Republic, are nothing more than preaching to the choir.
When the “scandal” was that Facebook was prioritizing profits
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Just like their friends in congress do. Its all about the money.
Facebook calls for new “standard rules” for the Internet after the “whistleblower” hearing.
The late, great George Putnam would sometimes say, “You never know who is out there listening.”
It’s more than social media companies. Notice they were talking about rules for the INTERNET. Theoretically that could affect what happens on this platform depending on how the “rules” are made.
I agree it seems contrived.
Using the Big State supporting 60 Minutes, makes me think that this is all a show put on by Facebook and the Deep State government.
Astroturf
F FB
60 minute, and senate hearing 48 hours later? This was all a planned media event. Congress and facebook are in cahoots. They are either for the public, or against it, depending on which part of the public one occupies.
It’s not about liberty and freedom of expression, that’s for sure.
Rule #1: Never censure a government official or a candidate for any reason.
Rule #2: Never censure a political point of view
Rule #3: Never censure criticism of an official, candidate or policy.
I’m probably in the minority here-but I honestly think that congress calling the internet a public utility-which it is, to all intents and purposes-and treating it like one is the quickest way to put it right-I don’t see it as any different from a phone co, electricity provider, etc-you get access and pay a monthly fee for use-and there are no censors-let the buyer be their own censor...
It's no different than illegally spending a bunch of cash to restrict an opposing political party's messages.
Well this just proves it.
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