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When you selectively moderate, and exercise your first amendment as a platform, you are no longer simply a conduit - you are the conductor and you endorse all s
by rasengan 6y ago
When you selectively moderate, and exercise your first amendment as a platform, you are no longer simply a conduit - you are the conductor and you endorse all speech not removed.
Thus, all of these censor loving platforms should be held accountable.
- Nasrudith 6y agoThose definitions are fiction not founded by any law on the book. Nor in any jurisprudence - they are bullshit propaganda and are like citing "admirality law" by a sovereign citizen - proof of being actively incredibly wrong. The courts have already ruled that even with right of way the government has no right to content standards on cable - now it magically is going to apply to non-excluding websites? Utter nonsense.
- Barrin92 6y agoDo you think you should be held accountable because you moderate the comment section of your blog, or Hackernews should be held accountable because they moderate their website according to their own standards? This is the consequence of what you're proposing, a politically right or left leaning website say, simply by virtue of exercising freedom of association, would automatically become liable for content. It seems pretty clear that this is unworkable and would, instantly, destroy the entire public internet.
- rasengan 6y agoThere is a difference between moderation and selective moderation. If a website moderates per pre-defined and agreed upon terms, then they should not be liable. If a website is going to moderate with a left-lean or right-lean, it should be up front about this agenda instead of selectively censoring or flagging comments.