Verizon is privately owned, can they cut your service for "hate speech"

[badbob85037]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company,

can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

They are too greedy.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company,

can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

They are too greedy.

Or maybe they're not Fascist enough?

 

[progressive hunter]

Here's as thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company,

can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

Actually, VZ is a publicly owned concern.

they are publicly traded by private people not the government,,,

 

[progressive hunter]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company,

can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

Yes they can if it's in their TOS rules.

Verizon isn't the government.

but its not,,,

 

[Norman]

I bet the usual Stalinists are salivating at the thought. They have enough bad ideas already.

 

[konradv]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company, can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

If the the advertisers rebel they certainly can and will. That's what happened at Facebook. Advertisers didn't want their ads running on white nationalist or conspiracy theory pages. The people who pay the bills make the rules. That's the bottom line in capitalism. I'm surprised that comes as a revelation to many on the right.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company, can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

If the the advertisers rebel they certainly can and will. That's what happened at Facebook. Advertisers didn't want their ads running on white nationalist or conspiracy theory pages. The people who pay the bills make the rules. That's the bottom line in capitalism. I'm surprised that comes as a revelation to many on the right.

So Verizon can shut your phone off for being a Nazi? Is that what you're saying

 

[konradv]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company, can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

If the the advertisers rebel they certainly can and will. That's what happened at Facebook. Advertisers didn't want their ads running on white nationalist or conspiracy theory pages. The people who pay the bills make the rules. That's the bottom line in capitalism. I'm surprised that comes as a revelation to many on the right.

So Verizon can shut your phone off for being a Nazi? Is that what you're saying

No, I said the advertisers will rebel, if they think hate speech is effecting their bottom line.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company, can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

If the the advertisers rebel they certainly can and will. That's what happened at Facebook. Advertisers didn't want their ads running on white nationalist or conspiracy theory pages. The people who pay the bills make the rules. That's the bottom line in capitalism. I'm surprised that comes as a revelation to many on the right.

So Verizon can shut your phone off for being a Nazi? Is that what you're saying

No, I said the advertisers will rebel, if they think hate speech is effecting their bottom line.

Do you own a phone? Have you heard of Verizon?

 

[konradv]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company, can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

If the the advertisers rebel they certainly can and will. That's what happened at Facebook. Advertisers didn't want their ads running on white nationalist or conspiracy theory pages. The people who pay the bills make the rules. That's the bottom line in capitalism. I'm surprised that comes as a revelation to many on the right.

So Verizon can shut your phone off for being a Nazi? Is that what you're saying

No, I said the advertisers will rebel, if they think hate speech is effecting their bottom line.

Do you own a phone? Have you heard of Verizon?

Isn't that one of those 20th century technologies that everyone's dumping and only ones that care are those with a political axe to grind?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Here's a thought provoking question for both Americans and American Taliban who post at USMB, Verizon is a privately owned company, can they cut your service for "hate speech"?

If the the advertisers rebel they certainly can and will. That's what happened at Facebook. Advertisers didn't want their ads running on white nationalist or conspiracy theory pages. The people who pay the bills make the rules. That's the bottom line in capitalism. I'm surprised that comes as a revelation to many on the right.

So Verizon can shut your phone off for being a Nazi? Is that what you're saying

No, I said the advertisers will rebel, if they think hate speech is effecting their bottom line.

Do you own a phone? Have you heard of Verizon?

Isn't that one of those 20th century technologies that everyone's dumping and only ones that care are those with a political axe to grind?

Verizon handles landlines, cellphone and Internet.

Do you think they can shut off any of that for "hate speech" if their advertisers decide to take action?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I wanted to highlight the difference between a platform, like Verizon, and Facebook and a content provider like Walt Disney Studios.

The platform provider is not responsible for my content, they are the modern Town Square. They signed the Communications Act that barred them from being fined for content.