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Exactly. Censorship is done by the government. A private entity can not "censor" anyone, legally. And the idea that the President of the United States is depriv
by lutorm 6y ago
Exactly. Censorship is done by the government. A private entity can not "censor" anyone, legally. And the idea that the President of the United States is deprived of a platform by this is ludicrous.
- dunce2020 6y agoI also celebrate this return to feudalism.
- whoevercares 6y agoDisagree. I’d rather prefer a practical view —- Big social media tech in internet age have the practical means to perform censorship
- vlovich123 6y agoHow so? Just going from a dictionary definition: > censorship: the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. Nothing here says it's only censorship if done by the government. Legally in the USA there's a stark distinction between government & non-governmental censorship. Even then sometimes private entities fall under restrictions like in the case of the FCC & public broadcast networks (see Janet Jackson nip slip, the inability to curse during certain TV/radio programs at certain times, etc). Now whether all of this desirable or not is politically debatable & one we should have. That being said under the current legal structure Twitter is probably in the clear. I'm generally more curious how these kinds of actions by tech companies don't violate section 230 though. In the early days of the WWW, that was the reason given for not moderating such speech - "if we start moderating any speech then we're not a safe harbor and we have to moderate all speech". Does this mean that these tech companies that are doing moderation expose themselves legally somehow? Or does it just mean that the previous arguments were done in bad faith? Or were there laws passed to refine section 230 in this regard?
- elliekelly 6y agoYou should read the book “The Twenty-Six Words that Created the Internet” - Section 230 does not at all work the way most people think it does.
- tpoacher 6y agoThe 1st amendment is about government censorship. Censorship is about practical censorship. Mutually exclusive arguments.
- bgorman 6y agoDonald Trump is a remarkable individual. He has broken liberal's minds to the point where they cannot think straight anymore.
- bgorman 6y agoYou are incorrect. Censorship is not a legal concept, it a noun. Oxford English Dictionary definition: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/censorship https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/censorship Nothing mentioned about the government at all.