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Twitter and Facebook have become the de facto public square. The barriers to competition are essentially impenetrable without some sort of government involvemen
by rhapsodic 8y ago
Twitter and Facebook have become the de facto public square. The barriers to competition are essentially impenetrable without some sort of government involvement. They should not be allowed to regulate speech in the public square. Perhaps they should be broken up, or users should be allowed to sue them for unfair, politically biased censorship.
- uberman 8y agoActually, Twitter and Facebook are corporations. Entities that conservatives have successfully argued have First Amendment rights. (see: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission) Twitter and Facebook censoring posts and users is itself a form of speech. Their speech. How interesting that some conservative voices now suggest that "big government" be used to censor the voices of corporations. The irony here of course is that the type of censorship you are advocating for is exactly what is prohibited by the Bill of Rights.
- rhapsodic 8y agoYour points may all be valid, but I don't really care. I could debate them, but I won't. Why should I care about constitutional principles when my political enemies don't? I want to see Twitter and Facebook destroyed through regulation, to be quite blunt.