Big Tech does have the right to censor anything on what they control because they are private companies.
I disagree. They have become essential public forums and public utilities in some cases and should be legally regarded as such. ISPs, Telecoms, Twitter, Google/Apple App Store etc.
Yeah been hearing that for years. Republicans are very slow on tech issues which is why we're in this situation in the first place. They seem to have no clue how powerful big tech is and that they essentially have control over modern public speech. Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Its not about being slow on tech issues. It's about laizzez faire economics and ayn rand being the intellectual foundation of the contemporary republican party. Paul Ryan was the biggest ayn rand fan in congress, he even once had to give a speech denying he liked ayn rand more than jesus. And then Paul Ryan blocks the wall as speaker of the house. There is a connection. The Koch Brothers are also big laizzez faire idiots.
It's both really. So many boomer Republicans that run the party have no clue what's going on in the tech world. I think even a lot of the laisses faire Repubs would capitulate if they had an understanding of big tech and the censorship issues that will only get worse on the current path.
Yeah, when was the last time you had a phone call disconnected for hate speech. Using Big Tech's logic, that should be allowed. Muh private phone company.
Exactly. They claim they are "platforms" so they are no different than telephone services. Your phone provider can't cut you off for saying you love the President and neither can these other "platforms." The problem is they want to be publishers but don't want the liability that comes with it so they just fill the government with people that look the other way.
I disagree. They have become essential public forums and public utilities in some cases and should be legally regarded as such. ISPs, Telecoms, Twitter, Google/Apple App Store etc.
Good luck finding a Republican to support taking action on any of our ideas. All they want to say is "let the market solve the problem".
Yeah been hearing that for years. Republicans are very slow on tech issues which is why we're in this situation in the first place. They seem to have no clue how powerful big tech is and that they essentially have control over modern public speech. Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Its not about being slow on tech issues. It's about laizzez faire economics and ayn rand being the intellectual foundation of the contemporary republican party. Paul Ryan was the biggest ayn rand fan in congress, he even once had to give a speech denying he liked ayn rand more than jesus. And then Paul Ryan blocks the wall as speaker of the house. There is a connection. The Koch Brothers are also big laizzez faire idiots.
It's both really. So many boomer Republicans that run the party have no clue what's going on in the tech world. I think even a lot of the laisses faire Repubs would capitulate if they had an understanding of big tech and the censorship issues that will only get worse on the current path.
Yeah, when was the last time you had a phone call disconnected for hate speech. Using Big Tech's logic, that should be allowed. Muh private phone company.
Exactly. They claim they are "platforms" so they are no different than telephone services. Your phone provider can't cut you off for saying you love the President and neither can these other "platforms." The problem is they want to be publishers but don't want the liability that comes with it so they just fill the government with people that look the other way.