hmm disagree with you on that. businesses should have the right to kick off anyone for any reason. now where i draw the line with that is if they aren't really a private business as in, they get many gov contracts and special protections like google/youtube. so, not sure i'd support fines for censorship, but i'd definitely support removing any gov support to these companies. if they accept our tax money, then yes, we should have a say in their decisions regarding censorship
well the thing is, what happens when the other side is in power at the state level? the problem with saying gov has the right to censor businesses is in essence the same problem of businesses censoring citizens. Giving the authority to gov to be the arbiter of truth imo, is even worse than these companies.
We have rampant censorship now. That's neither here nor there, though. The point is fair and equal access under the law. If one must "bake the cake," then others must allow fair and equal use of a platform.
Your reasoning and your unflinching belief in businesses' prerogative is why we lost and will continue to lose until it's all vanquished. We already have our own platforms and ecosystems; how long until they come for them? or until they are denied service by their banks or ISPs?
We're not asking for the government to be an arbiter of truth. We're not asking for anything other than fair treatment under laws that already exist yet are somehow denied us.
hmm disagree with you on that. businesses should have the right to kick off anyone for any reason. now where i draw the line with that is if they aren't really a private business as in, they get many gov contracts and special protections like google/youtube. so, not sure i'd support fines for censorship, but i'd definitely support removing any gov support to these companies. if they accept our tax money, then yes, we should have a say in their decisions regarding censorship
This is why we lost -- and will continue to lose.
well the thing is, what happens when the other side is in power at the state level? the problem with saying gov has the right to censor businesses is in essence the same problem of businesses censoring citizens. Giving the authority to gov to be the arbiter of truth imo, is even worse than these companies.
We have rampant censorship now. That's neither here nor there, though. The point is fair and equal access under the law. If one must "bake the cake," then others must allow fair and equal use of a platform.
Your reasoning and your unflinching belief in businesses' prerogative is why we lost and will continue to lose until it's all vanquished. We already have our own platforms and ecosystems; how long until they come for them? or until they are denied service by their banks or ISPs?
We're not asking for the government to be an arbiter of truth. We're not asking for anything other than fair treatment under laws that already exist yet are somehow denied us.