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It's the spirit of the First Amendment that people are concerned about wrt silencing of particular perspectives. Of course YT is privately owned so the First Am
by hnracer 6y ago
It's the spirit of the First Amendment that people are concerned about wrt silencing of particular perspectives. Of course YT is privately owned so the First Amendment doesn't literally apply.
- buu700 6y agoI'm not saying I'm necessarily in favor of or opposed to the action described in this post, but I do wonder if beyond a certain scale platforms like YouTube and Twitter should be treated as de facto public forums. Obviously 1A doesn't apply as-is, but maybe some equivalent should be implemented that does. At the same time, I'm not sure that's entirely fair since they aren't publicly funded. Or maybe it is still fair, or maybe there's some reasonable middle ground.
- hnracer 6y agoI agree with this. The fact is that nobody could've foreseen that a private entity could have so much power over public discourse. Nobody could've predicted the impenetrable network effects of social media a century ago. The laws need to be updated to reflect this new reality and to protect open discourse.