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What twitter does has nothing to do with the NY Posts' free speech. Just as NYP is free to say whatever they want, Twitter is free to silence it on their platfo
by appleflaxen 6y ago
What twitter does has nothing to do with the NY Posts' free speech. Just as NYP is free to say whatever they want, Twitter is free to silence it on their platform. Freedom of speech and the first amendment is to restrain the federal government from prohibiting speech. That is the hill to die on, as it protects twitter's right to do what it wants to do with its platform.
An orthogonal issue is social platform monopoly or oligopoly, and that we need more options and better competition.
- 8note 6y agoThey should also be taking responsibility for copyright infringement in that case, which to my understanding is what the section 230 changes are? If twitter wants to defer to users being responsible for their speech, the users should be having the rights to post what they want.
- LocalPCGuy 6y agoThis isn't an all-or-nothing type of deal. A company does not have to take responsibility for copyright infringement in order to have the right to moderate their own platform. I do not see what Twitter does as censorship and don't believe users should have the expectation that whatever they post will be amplified.
- esoterica 6y agoDo you think it should be illegal for HN to moderate posts and ban users (without accepting legal liability for all user generated comments)? If HN can moderate comments, why not Twitter? If you think it's unethical for HN to operate the way it currently does, why are you still here? Maybe you should stick to your principles and delete your account.