Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis To Sign Bill Banning Social Media ‘Deplatforming’

[Faun]

Plaintiffs win a preliminary injunction as the law. The decision lays out why this law will fail.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.371253/gov.uscourts.flnd.371253.113.0_1.pdf

I wonder what took so long?

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

 

[colfax_m]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

 

[dblack]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

"You didn't build that!"

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Oldest statist excuse in the book. "You didn't build that" (ie, we want in on the action!)

Protecting monopolies is statism, asshole.

 

[colfax_m]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

This is about a state law.

Please try to not embarrass yourself.

 

[dblack]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Oldest statist excuse in the book. "You didn't build that" (ie, we want in on the action!)

Protecting monopolies is statism, asshole.

Black is white. I hear ya. It's a brave new world out there.

 

[Faun]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

This might come as a shock to you, ya fucking moron, but Florida is not the federal government.

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

So federal law doesn't apply to Florida?

 

[Faun]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

So federal law doesn't apply to Florida?

LOLOL

Fucking moron, the federal government did pass this law, Florida did. And Florida law doesn't apply to the federal government.

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

So federal law doesn't apply to Florida?

LOLOL

Fucking moron, the federal government did pass this law, Florida did. And Florida law doesn't apply to the federal government.

The state of Florida can stil regulate them since they are exempt from lawsuits.

 

[busybee01]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

No they are not. I rarely use Amazon except when they have the best price. I rarely use Google and I do not use a I-phone. If they were a monopoly, I would not be able to say that.

 

[busybee01]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

So federal law doesn't apply to Florida?

LOLOL

Fucking moron, the federal government did pass this law, Florida did. And Florida law doesn't apply to the federal government.

The state of Florida can stil regulate them since they are exempt from lawsuits.

No they cannot.

 

[Faun]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

So federal law doesn't apply to Florida?

LOLOL

Fucking moron, the federal government did pass this law, Florida did. And Florida law doesn't apply to the federal government.

The state of Florida can stil regulate them since they are exempt from lawsuits.

Fucking moron, Florida law has nothing to do with federal law.

The federal government is a separate jurisdiction.

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

No they are not. I rarely use Amazon except when they have the best price. I rarely use Google and I do not use a I-phone. If they were a monopoly, I would not be able to say that.

Google owns 90% of the search engine business. Facebook and Twitter control 90% of their markets. That was all the justifation needed to prosecute Standard Oil for restraint of trade.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Please try to not embarrass yourself.

Far too late for that.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Google owns 90% of the search engine business. Facebook and Twitter control 90% of their markets. That was all the justifation needed to prosecute Standard Oil for restraint of trade.

This fails as a false comparison fallacy.

Unlike oil wells and oil fields which are finite, the internet is infinite; there’s ample opportunity for communication online.

‘The judge said the FTC complaint "says almost nothing concrete on the key question of how much power Facebook actually had... it is almost as if the agency expects the court to simply nod to the conventional wisdom that Facebook is a monopolist."

[…]

Boasberg wrote that "the market at issue here is unusual in a number of ways, including that the products therein are not sold for a price... the court is thus unable to understand exactly what the agency's '60 percent-plus' figure is even referring to, let alone able to infer the underlying facts that might substantiate it."’

Facebook wins antitrust dismissal, surges to $1 trillion value

A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state regulators, helping lift the value of the social media giant above $1 trillion for the first time.

news.yahoo.com

 

[bripat9643]

When companies engage in biased censorship and discrimination, that’s Exactly what the government is for and rightful to step in

Nope. No constitutional authority to do so.

The Big tech companies are government protected monopolies. As such, government has authority to regulate them.

Which government?

Federal government.

So federal law doesn't apply to Florida?

LOLOL

Fucking moron, the federal government did pass this law, Florida did. And Florida law doesn't apply to the federal government.

The state of Florida can stil regulate them since they are exempt from lawsuits.

Fucking moron, Florida law has nothing to do with federal law.

The federal government is a separate jurisdiction.

If the federal government can regulate Facebook, then so can Florida, moron.

 

[bripat9643]

Google owns 90% of the search engine business. Facebook and Twitter control 90% of their markets. That was all the justifation needed to prosecute Standard Oil for restraint of trade.

This fails as a false comparison fallacy.

Unlike oil wells and oil fields which are finite, the internet is infinite; there’s ample opportunity for communication online.

‘The judge said the FTC complaint "says almost nothing concrete on the key question of how much power Facebook actually had... it is almost as if the agency expects the court to simply nod to the conventional wisdom that Facebook is a monopolist."

[…]

Boasberg wrote that "the market at issue here is unusual in a number of ways, including that the products therein are not sold for a price... the court is thus unable to understand exactly what the agency's '60 percent-plus' figure is even referring to, let alone able to infer the underlying facts that might substantiate it."’

Facebook wins antitrust dismissal, surges to $1 trillion value

A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state regulators, helping lift the value of the social media giant above $1 trillion for the first time.

news.yahoo.com

That will get appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, and you know how they will decide it.