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Cute disclaimers. As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply. edit: okay. overreach/censorship in private sector doesn't b

Cute disclaimers. As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply. edit: okay. overreach/censorship in private sector doesn't bother me. thanks. make the antitrust case if it inconveniences you too much to make an alternative.

blhack 6y ago
>As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply. Is it only the government which can overreach? I'm not sure I follow your argument. If apple hooked into my banking app and decided to lock my phone because they saw me buying marijuana, that would also be an overreach, and also has nothing to do with the government.
kortilla 6y ago
Overreach is not a government specific term.
- vmception 6y ago
  okay. I think the nuance is you are missing is that I don't care about private sector using their first amendment right to freedom of association.
  - kortilla 6y ago
    I think the nuance you are missing is that people don’t care if you aren’t upset, but they absolutely are. And you should be skeptical of companies that do these things because this is how we end up with segregation, people refusing to bake cakes for gay weddings, etc.
ekianjo 6y ago
> As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/90-percent-of-political-donations-from-google-related-companies-go-to-democrats-study https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/90-perc... If Google gives most of its donations to Democrats, how can you believe that they will not do what Democrats want them to do? Also, Democrats have been very vocal about the fact that Google and Twitter did not "censor enough" recently. This is a nice follow-up.
- vmception 6y ago
  It could equally be said that the Democrats will do what Google wants them to do. That would be more in line with how other industry donations result in. > how can you believe I never said anything about what I believe. If you believe the state is controlling some private organizations to conduct censorship, take it to a court.

blhack 6y ago

>As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply. Is it only the government which can overreach? I'm not sure I follow your argument. If apple hooked into my banking app and decided to lock my phone because they saw me buying marijuana, that would also be an overreach, and also has nothing to do with the government.

kortilla 6y ago

Overreach is not a government specific term.

vmception 6y ago
okay. I think the nuance is you are missing is that I don't care about private sector using their first amendment right to freedom of association.
- kortilla 6y ago
  I think the nuance you are missing is that people don’t care if you aren’t upset, but they absolutely are. And you should be skeptical of companies that do these things because this is how we end up with segregation, people refusing to bake cakes for gay weddings, etc.

ekianjo 6y ago

> As the government is not involved at all, the overreach argument doesn't apply. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/90-percent-of-political-donations-from-google-related-companies-go-to-democrats-study https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/90-perc... If Google gives most of its donations to Democrats, how can you believe that they will not do what Democrats want them to do? Also, Democrats have been very vocal about the fact that Google and Twitter did not "censor enough" recently. This is a nice follow-up.

vmception 6y ago
It could equally be said that the Democrats will do what Google wants them to do. That would be more in line with how other industry donations result in. > how can you believe I never said anything about what I believe. If you believe the state is controlling some private organizations to conduct censorship, take it to a court.