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It solves one thing though. It protects the business with the platform from getting their brand tarnished by whoever they kicked off. That alone is enough rea
by spookthesunset 7y ago
It solves one thing though. It protects the business with the platform from getting their brand tarnished by whoever they kicked off. That alone is enough reason to allow a private business to kick somebody off their platform.
Surely you'd have an issue if the government showed up at a businesses office with guns and forced the owner (at gunpoint!) to allow a nazi hate site to continue to exist on their platform, eh? Cause that is what you are arguing for.
- manigandham 7y agoNobody is arguing that. The companies have a right to do what they want. We’re saying it will solve nothing. The PR benefits you're claiming only exist because it placates the very same people that make such an outrage and call for corporate action in the first place.
- afiori 7y ago> Surely you'd have an issue if the government showed up at a businesses office with guns and forced the owner (at gunpoint!) to allow a nazi hate site to continue to exist on their platform. Not the point, but even still what people are arguing against is mobs of internet users pressuring companies into political decisions. Literally (as in figuratively) the people asking for banning the site are the one holding the owner at gunpoint asking for the termination of a business relationship.