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>>Also, Twitter is a privately owned platform, not a government or a public square. This is a terrible argument and people need to stop, at least you did not
by syshum 7y ago
>>Also, Twitter is a privately owned platform, not a government or a public square.
This is a terrible argument and people need to stop, at least you did not all use the trite "can't yell fire" non-sense but "they are a private company" is right up there with that.
>>Also, merely classifying data is not preventing its spread,
It is highly unlikely that this stops at just classification and tagging. I am sure there is some element of Suppression as well
- zerocrates 7y agoHmm... "can't yell fire" is pretty much nonsense, but "private company" very much isn't. The rules for what the government can do and what private entities can are totally different, on purpose.
- Pete_D 7y agoThe problem is that this allows a neat loophole in which governments can sidestep any inconvenient civil rights obligations by privatisation of otherwise public space. For a real-life example, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_Square#Occupy_London_and_public_space_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_Square#Occupy_Lond....