Posted on 06/06/2019 8:11:26 AM PDT by Liberty7732
So someone make alternatives and make a billion or six. I’m more than eager to leave Facebook and YouTube.
re: “They use cell towers which are regulated by the FCC. Therefore they can be regulated”
Ummm ... no.
Not to advertisers, or Russian political campaigns.
See my tagline. (Thomas Jefferson, BTW.)
Great post.
Especially the part about government not being the only source of tyranny.
Thats a point way too many Conservatives forget.
Irrelevant to the alleged "rights" of nonpaying posters.
And the law that does so explicitly protects their right to block content they consider objectionable (see added highlighting):
47 U.S.C. § 230 (c)
(1) Treatment of publisher or speaker
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
(2) Civil liability
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of--
(A) any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected
Maybe the personal data Facebook collects & distributes on someone like you has no value, but mine does.
Blocking posters reduces rather than enhances that pricing power. Still a fail for you.
If social media sites are going this upfront about banning non-liberals and non-leftists, they are showing their belief that the FCC, Justice Department, etc., can’t or won’t touch them. Perhaps they are gambling that the Democrats will take the White House and the Senate, or both, next year. Alternatively, they are betting Trump is all hat and no cattle.
FR doesn’t have the power to elect Presidents, Senators,Etc.
Or deny someone the ability to earn a living like sociall media does.
You seem blind to that fact.
Not in the case of monopolies.
That's what I think. This is an all out assault on Trump & the presidency. Any litigation won't be heard, never mind settled, prior to 11/2020.
Neither does social media - or if it does, then voting cannot be trusted to the people.
Which is it? Is Big Tech allowed to use their property as they like or are they subject to truth-in-labeling requirements?
You can't have it both ways.
You contradict yourself.
Anyway, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube along with Big Government have become a crony capitalist monopolistic conglomeration of power.
Big Tech's property, gained by such a symbiotic Big Government relationship, is hardly "private property".
Which is it? Is Big Tech allowed to use their property as they like or are they subject to truth-in-labeling requirements?
You can't have it both ways.
You contradict yourself.
Anyway, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube along with Big Government have formed a crony capitalist monopolistic conglomeration of power.
Big Tech's property, gained by such a symbiotic Big Government relationship, is hardly "private property".
SM does have that power.
It can also deny a person the ability to earn a living.
It even has the power to threaten your life. They have toyed around with doxxing. Wait until Antifa shows up at your home or business because they don’t like something you posted.
Have you ever heard of the network effect?
Please provide a link to Facebook advertising revenues that support your claim.
Both - they may use as they like and must disclose the criteria of that use. No contradiction.
Anyway, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube along with Big Government have become a crony capitalist monopolistic conglomeration of power.
And your solution is more government? Fight fire with gasoline much?
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