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This is not a free speech issue as far as the US constitution is concerned. Twitter is not part of the government.
by greydius 10y ago
This is not a free speech issue as far as the US constitution is concerned. Twitter is not part of the government.
- downandout 10y agoCorrect, which is essentially what I said in my comment. But this article talked about free speech, and everytime this issue comes up, people start moaning that their right to free speech is being inhibited, apparently not realizing or caring that they have no such right on a privately owned and operated platform. That's why I brought it up.
- r_smart 10y agoFree speech and the first amendment are different things. People aren't being unreasonable when they moan about the curtailing of free speech on Twitter. That said, I don't have a strong stance either way on this particular issue.
- yarrel 10y agoIt's too easy to proclaim every failure to shut up and listen to be censorship, sure, but Twitter is a corporation and its users are in a contract with it. Power granted and enforced by the state is at play here at least a little. The problem with censorship is its function, not its form.