Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
I'm talking about Fake books and Twitter.Bullshit.Nope, every website censors. Including this one.Censoring is editorializing, moron. If they don't want to follow the rules, then their protection from lawsuits will be stripped from them.No, its not.This is the appropriate remedy.“Today, I am signing an Executive Order to protect and uphold the free speech and rights of the American people,” Trump declared. “Currently, social media giants like Twitter receive an unprecedented liability shield based on the theory that they’re a neutral platform, which they are not, not an editor with a viewpoint.
My executive order calls for new regulations under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to make it so that social media companies that engage in censoring or any political conduct will not be able to keep their liability shield.
My executive order further instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prohibit social media companies from engaging in any deceptive acts or practices regarding commerce.”
The United States Government should not be in the business of picking select companies to reward with liability shields, especially when they operate in ways that are against the US Constitution and Constitutional Rights.
The President did NOT take action to stop Twitters and other private companies from operating as they so choose but took action to remove govt protections that prevent them from having to face the consequences of their choice to operate their companies as they choose.
The President did not strip Twitter of anything that was 'theirs'. He just acted to deny giving companies like Twitter protections they did not earn and did not deserve.
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He had no right to shut them down, and his threats to do so were quite troubling.
But, this is every bit appropriate if they are going to continue to use Section 230 as both a sword and a shield. Either be a publication or be a provider.
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They are not editorializing, they are censoring content on their own damn property. There is no reason that they should be liable for the bad comments of others on their site.
They sensor here (and they do so in a manner that can be construed to be political). Should I be able to sue usmessageboards because you libel me? This is a sick case of Trump using the government to control the public message.
Want this law to go away then message boards like this one will cease to exist. That is just a fact.
This website censors very little, and they spell out very plainly the things that aren't allowed. Opinions the moderators don't agree with isn't included.
Try posting something negative about Muslims and see what happens.
I have posted negative things about Muslims, and about Islam. You know me; I'm not at all shy and backward about saying what I think, and saying it bluntly and rudely if I think it's necessary. I have never had any problems with the moderators about it.
Yeah, but I specifically said, "THIS website". I agree about Facebook and Twitter.