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Twitter does not have the right to censor political posts simply because it disagrees with the content.
They are violating the very laws by which they are allowed to conduct business as social media.
Not many people know about the Fairness Doctrine so I'm glad you brought it up. It's arguably the most damaging thing Reagan did to the country in terms of its lasting effect.That only meant sides could have competing "slants".When was news just news with no slant and just straight news with minimal bias?At least you recognize the media as fake with this statement even though you may not realize it.the media always has the last word, and it can pick and chose how it covers Trump, his statements and his deeds.
They can CHOOSE how to report.....
So essentially you admit that they can put any spin on it they like.
Remember when news was just news? No slant, minimal bias....just straight reporting.
Well, it started getting sticky when Ronald Reagan repealed the Fairness Doctrine in 1987.
The FD required that news agencies and journalism provide equal time to a political topic or politician.
So if say "Meet the Press" or a newspaper article interviewed a Republican, then they had to give equal time to a Democrat.
That meant that both sides could present their slanted views in the same venue.
Reagan gave us Hannity, Carlson, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham when he repealed the Fairness Doctrine.
If they are going to fact check posts they need to fact check evenly and fairly....even Fakebook agrees with me....Twitter can be a forum or they can report and publish the news....you can't do both...especially in a biased way....It is a little known concept for libtards called "freedom of speech"!
So restricting Twitters' speech is freedom of speech?
Trump cultists used to at least pretend to not be Stalinists. The've stopped pretending. Now, they want to shut down any speech that doesn't praise DearLeader.
They aren't trying to do both.
Twitter has never presented itself as a news outlet.
It's called SOCIAL MEDIA, idiot.
The reason they are tacking notices to DiaperLoad Donnie's posts is because his account is held by the POTUS and can be MISCONSTRUED as news by their users.
Facebook will pay the largest civil penalty by anyone anywhere ever in a privacy case.but they can do so without tax dollars or protections
Lol... too funny ... someone had their tds pen filled with ink and ready to go . Lol... you are correct about .00072% of the time . Why not move to china where you belong . Tell us about russian collusion again . You aint fooling anyone around here. Anti American as one can be .We are in the midst of a pandemic. The U.S. has nearly a third of the world's confirmed cases. The U.S. has nearly a third of the world's deaths from the virus.
What is our President doing?
He is attacking Twitter.
Trump got hostile when Twitter attempted to correct Trump's outright lies in a tweet.
Trump on Thursday is set to sign an executive order that could open the door for federal regulators to punish Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they police content online.
Trump prefers Twitter allow his lies to stand unchallenged.
The Post writes, "Trump has portrayed the expected order, the early details of which were first reported by The Washington Post late Wednesday, as an attempt to stamp out political bias on the part of the country’s largest social media platforms. His directive comes days after Twitter steered viewers of some of the president’s tweets to news articles that fact-checked his claims, a move Trump said was a form of censorship.
"But advocates for the tech sector, lawmakers in Congress and a variety of legal experts from across the political spectrum Thursday doubted the legality of Trump’s draft proposal and feared its implications for free speech. Others questioned whether the U.S. government even could carry out the order as the president intended."
Trump has been stupid enough to make the news media the enemy, calling it "fake news." That is beyond stupid because the media always has the last word, and it can pick and chose how it covers Trump, his statements and his deeds.
Now the fool is taking on the tech sector, which may have even more influence on how Americans think.
In the meantime, over 100,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus.
We're all anonymous. Who is going to sue USMB?If this goes through I'll initially set the over-under percentage of users banned here at USMB at 50%. Too low? Too High?Section 230 protects social media platforms from facing lawsuits over what users post.
If they are going to fact check posts they need to fact check evenly and fairly....even Fakebook agrees with me....
You must have missed my comment earlier where I said the govt gives Twitter - and pother social media companies - money and/ OR protection from their consequences (special status under federal law - Section 230).Facebook will pay the largest civil penalty by anyone anywhere ever in a privacy case.but they can do so without tax dollars or protections
The $5 billion settlement is one for the record books. It’s the largest civil penalty ever imposed on a company for violating consumers’ privacy and it’s one of the largest penalties assessed by the U.S. government for a violation of any kind....the $5 billion, by law, it goes to the general fund of the U.S. Treasury. It does not go to the FTC.
I did a search, but I didn't find anything where the government is giving tax payer dollars to FB.
Is USMB included in those who get the special status under federal law - Section 230?We're all anonymous. Who is going to sue USMB?If this goes through I'll initially set the over-under percentage of users banned here at USMB at 50%. Too low? Too High?Section 230 protects social media platforms from facing lawsuits over what users post.
Both sides evenly...if they are going to fact check it needs to be across the board...Twitter has set themselves up for libel suits....If they are going to fact check posts they need to fact check evenly and fairly....even Fakebook agrees with me....
Indeed. That means Trump's ravings need to be fact-checked and corrected far, far more often. Facebook and Twitter have been allowing Trump to lie openly without correction for far too long.
Twitter is under no obligarion to be fair or impartial. Our first amendment allows them to be as unfair as they want.Both sides evenly...if they are going to fact check it needs to be across the board...Twitter has set themselves up for libel suits....If they are going to fact check posts they need to fact check evenly and fairly....even Fakebook agrees with me....
Indeed. That means Trump's ravings need to be fact-checked and corrected far, far more often. Facebook and Twitter have been allowing Trump to lie openly without correction for far too long.
Until they begin to fact check...then all of what you said changes....look up Senator Rubio's comments from yesterday....Twitter made a huge blunder....Twitter is under no obligarion to be fair or impartial. Our first amendment allows them to be as unfair as they want.Both sides evenly...if they are going to fact check it needs to be across the board...Twitter has set themselves up for libel suits....If they are going to fact check posts they need to fact check evenly and fairly....even Fakebook agrees with me....
Indeed. That means Trump's ravings need to be fact-checked and corrected far, far more often. Facebook and Twitter have been allowing Trump to lie openly without correction for far too long.
That isn't the president's job............but I understand acting like a authoritarian, partisan, hack with no regard for the beliefs of over half the citizens in the country is why you love him.He's doing exactly what he was hired to do....Spend his days bitch-slapping the living fuck out of the fucked in the head filthy Left...Simple shit.
We're all anonymous. Who is going to sue USMB?If this goes through I'll initially set the over-under percentage of users banned here at USMB at 50%. Too low? Too High?Section 230 protects social media platforms from facing lawsuits over what users post.
Guess you need to contact webster and have him redefine what a business is, because you are wrong at this point.The rationale for public accommodation laws does not apply to social media websites.So legislation has nothing to do with other legislation built off the same premise?This has nothing to do with thatLike what LGBTQRSTUVs do with bakeries? Intimidate them like the thugs they are?Gaetz is virtue signaling. His little hissy fit has no chance at doing anything.
Second, if his bill did pass, the result would be the immediate removal of Trump from the platform.
The sole intention of this episode is to intimidate Twitter like the thugs they are.
Lol ok
This is not the same premise.
A few big problems for you. First, public accommodation laws don’t apply to every business. Second, public accommodation laws don’t apply to discrimination based on political views. Third, this is not an instance of discrimination based solely on political view even if that were possible.
Sure. Protect the "free speech" of the president.Hmm....So you now support elected officials using their office to punish their perceived political enemies? Curious.
The only thing 'curious' is how you got the ridiculous bullshit you wrote above from Republicans taking action to protect / defend Free Speech and ensure the govt does not offer protection from accountability to private companies attempting to prevent the equal /fair exchange of ideas and discussion.
Oh wait - it's not curious at all. It all makes sense:
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"Terms of service"
They set the rules. It's the way of the internet world. I can't even call you dopes, dopes without the Mods deleting my posts.
Their own TOS does not justify the US govt protecting them from accountability while they prevent free / fair discussions and exchanges of ALL ideas....
Let's see how committed they are to their ideals / actions / TOS when that protection is removed.
Sure. No political revenge suggested at all.Let's see how committed they are to their ideals / actions / TOS when that protection is removed.
We are in the midst of a pandemic. The U.S. has nearly a third of the world's confirmed cases. The U.S. has nearly a third of the world's deaths from the virus.
What is our President doing?
He is attacking Twitter.
Trump got hostile when Twitter attempted to correct Trump's outright lies in a tweet.
Trump on Thursday is set to sign an executive order that could open the door for federal regulators to punish Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they police content online.
Trump prefers Twitter allow his lies to stand unchallenged.
The Post writes, "Trump has portrayed the expected order, the early details of which were first reported by The Washington Post late Wednesday, as an attempt to stamp out political bias on the part of the country’s largest social media platforms. His directive comes days after Twitter steered viewers of some of the president’s tweets to news articles that fact-checked his claims, a move Trump said was a form of censorship.
"But advocates for the tech sector, lawmakers in Congress and a variety of legal experts from across the political spectrum Thursday doubted the legality of Trump’s draft proposal and feared its implications for free speech. Others questioned whether the U.S. government even could carry out the order as the president intended."
Trump has been stupid enough to make the news media the enemy, calling it "fake news." That is beyond stupid because the media always has the last word, and it can pick and chose how it covers Trump, his statements and his deeds.
Now the fool is taking on the tech sector, which may have even more influence on how Americans think.
In the meantime, over 100,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus.
Insofar as their “fact check” was Twitter’s own speech, yes they are subject to liability for their own statements. You don’t need any changes for that. If Trump wants to sue then for their statement because it was libelous he’s welcome.Guess you need to contact webster and have him redefine what a business is, because you are wrong at this point.The rationale for public accommodation laws does not apply to social media websites.So legislation has nothing to do with other legislation built off the same premise?This has nothing to do with thatLike what LGBTQRSTUVs do with bakeries? Intimidate them like the thugs they are?Gaetz is virtue signaling. His little hissy fit has no chance at doing anything.
Second, if his bill did pass, the result would be the immediate removal of Trump from the platform.
The sole intention of this episode is to intimidate Twitter like the thugs they are.
Lol ok
This is not the same premise.
A few big problems for you. First, public accommodation laws don’t apply to every business. Second, public accommodation laws don’t apply to discrimination based on political views. Third, this is not an instance of discrimination based solely on political view even if that were possible.
They are acting as the arbiter of what should be fact checked. That is a subjective understanding and is editorializing. They are, indeed, subject to Liabel now and the Prez is making sure of it. Nice job Trump!
