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Your question implies you consider Twitter a common carrier. Verizon as a phone company falls under common carrier rules. Twitter (social media) does not and th

Your question implies you consider Twitter a common carrier. Verizon as a phone company falls under common carrier rules. Twitter (social media) does not and therefore, its not the same. If we want to reclassify social media as common carrier we need regulation to do so but that is not how the internet or social media companies work today. Sadly the internet in of itself doesn't even fall under common carrier.

dogma1138 7y ago
I understand I think when you have a monopoly over a communication medium common carrier laws should apply even without legislation. The problematic case here is that all other common carrier are funded through service chargers where social media is funded through advertising and other revenue streams. That said it’s not like social media companies aren’t at fault here too they hide behind the notion that they are a common carrier or a publisher when it suits them as in when they don’t want to be directly liable for the content on their platform. On the other hand they moderate content to appease advertisers even when there is no direct pressure to do so like in this case. My personal opinion is that Twitter should not ban anyone, if the Twits are sufficiently offensive (not in a personal manner but rather a legal one) then law enforcement should handle it like it would handle any other type of abusive or offensive communication. If I send you a death threat via the post the postal service won’t ban me the police might come tho if you report me.
- root_axis 7y ago
  > when you have a monopoly over a communication medium Twitter does not have a monopoly over internet communication.
  - dogma1138 7y ago
    It’s like saying that Time Warner doesn’t have a monopoly over the electromagnetic spectrum, while technically true in practice in some areas they do. Twitter is a crucial social communications platform for large enough portion of some societies to treat them as a monopoly.
    - root_axis 7y ago
      How is twitter in any way "crucial"? Just because twitter is popular does not mean it's crucial.
    - notyourwork 7y ago
      Twitter doesn't have a monopoly over communication. Whats app, facebook, gchat, skype, word press blogs, reddit, there are a slew of other communication mechanisms beyond just twitter.
- ProAm 7y ago
  > I understand I think when you have a monopoly over a communication medium common carrier laws should apply even without legislation. Twitter is not a monopoly or a common carrier. They are a website with a complimentary app that will show you website data.

dogma1138 7y ago

I understand I think when you have a monopoly over a communication medium common carrier laws should apply even without legislation. The problematic case here is that all other common carrier are funded through service chargers where social media is funded through advertising and other revenue streams. That said it’s not like social media companies aren’t at fault here too they hide behind the notion that they are a common carrier or a publisher when it suits them as in when they don’t want to be directly liable for the content on their platform. On the other hand they moderate content to appease advertisers even when there is no direct pressure to do so like in this case. My personal opinion is that Twitter should not ban anyone, if the Twits are sufficiently offensive (not in a personal manner but rather a legal one) then law enforcement should handle it like it would handle any other type of abusive or offensive communication. If I send you a death threat via the post the postal service won’t ban me the police might come tho if you report me.

root_axis 7y ago
> when you have a monopoly over a communication medium Twitter does not have a monopoly over internet communication.
- dogma1138 7y ago
  It’s like saying that Time Warner doesn’t have a monopoly over the electromagnetic spectrum, while technically true in practice in some areas they do. Twitter is a crucial social communications platform for large enough portion of some societies to treat them as a monopoly.
  - root_axis 7y ago
    How is twitter in any way "crucial"? Just because twitter is popular does not mean it's crucial.
  - notyourwork 7y ago
    Twitter doesn't have a monopoly over communication. Whats app, facebook, gchat, skype, word press blogs, reddit, there are a slew of other communication mechanisms beyond just twitter.
ProAm 7y ago
> I understand I think when you have a monopoly over a communication medium common carrier laws should apply even without legislation. Twitter is not a monopoly or a common carrier. They are a website with a complimentary app that will show you website data.