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Twitter needs to be regulated as a publisher if they insist on curating viewpoints and censoring opinions they don't like.
by admiralspoo 6y ago
Twitter needs to be regulated as a publisher if they insist on curating viewpoints and censoring opinions they don't like.
- elliekelly 6y agoIn what ways do you think publishers are regulated and how would those hypothetical regulations apply to Twitter? Remember that Sec. 230 is about liability not about responsibility. That is to say it’s about monetary damages and not regulatory compliance obligations.
- paulgb 6y agoI've seen versions of this take over the last few days and I'm curious what the actual stance is. Is the belief that Twitter shouldn't have any rules against violence speech, or that those rules shouldn't apply to the president? Or is the belief that the president hasn't violated those rules, but if he did the rules should still apply to him?
- ben509 6y agoWhat does any of that have to do with curating viewpoints?
- paulgb 6y agoI'm interpreting "censoring opinions they don't like" to be a reference to Twitter blocking likes/retweets on a Trump tweet for violating the TOS on violence. I'm asking what OP's positive stance on that is.
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- Finnucane 6y agoPublishers are not strictly regulated.
- supernintendo 6y agoNo. If I start a message board and you break the rules, I should be able to delete your posts and ban you without legal consequence. It’s my platform. Twitter has the freedom to determine what content they allow and don’t allow on their platform. I don’t see why this is so hard for people to understand.
- coronadisaster 6y ago> I don’t see why this is so hard for people to understand. probably because they waited until everyone was using the platform before enforcing those rules?