The only argument right now that could maybe have teeth is that social media is modern day "public square". It used to be open to the public, back in the day, now it's owned by twitter, facebook, reddit, etc. and they are all uniformly closing it off to conservatives.
Well it is. A lot of people spend their lives online. This last year we were told we couldn't leave our homes, leaving the only place to communicate to be online. Some of these companies need anti-trust laws slapped on them like the railroads, and maybe make them utilities. This as a clear infringement of the First Amendment if you accept that first statement.
He's trying to argue that since companies own the platforms they can do anything they want on it even if it's illegal. So by that argument if you are in a private place that I own, I can gag you, rob you or even murder you with no consequence. It's not a slippery slope, its exactly what they are proposing. They are pushing their hand with the mass censorship but people aren't that brainwashed to see evil run amok.
It has everything to do with it. No fucking company is above a Countries laws.
No, not how this works.
The only argument right now that could maybe have teeth is that social media is modern day "public square". It used to be open to the public, back in the day, now it's owned by twitter, facebook, reddit, etc. and they are all uniformly closing it off to conservatives.
Well it is. A lot of people spend their lives online. This last year we were told we couldn't leave our homes, leaving the only place to communicate to be online. Some of these companies need anti-trust laws slapped on them like the railroads, and maybe make them utilities. This as a clear infringement of the First Amendment if you accept that first statement.
He's trying to argue that since companies own the platforms they can do anything they want on it even if it's illegal. So by that argument if you are in a private place that I own, I can gag you, rob you or even murder you with no consequence. It's not a slippery slope, its exactly what they are proposing. They are pushing their hand with the mass censorship but people aren't that brainwashed to see evil run amok.