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Twitter is a private company. It's their platform. You use it under their terms. You can't force them to let you use their platform.
by starfallg 6y ago
Twitter is a private company. It's their platform. You use it under their terms. You can't force them to let you use their platform.
- chordalkeyboard 6y ago> Twitter is a private company. Twitter is a publicly traded company, they agreed to abide by some restrictions by the government in order to get that status.
- shadowgovt 6y agoNone of those restrictions are relevant to the question of who may and may not use their service.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoThey are relevant to the concept that they give up certain private property rights in order to gain other legal privileges, which is a precedent for requiring that they give up other property rights (such as the right to censor on the basis of politics, etc.).
- starfallg 6y agoProperty rights are completely irrelevant to the discussion on hand. 'Right to censor' is a made up concept. Companies and individuals have no obligation to publish something they do not agree with. Anti-discrimination laws also do not protect Trump here. He isn't singled out for his race, sex or religion. He's singled out because he incited a seditious mob that overran Congress.
- fumar 6y agoDo believe publicly traded companies are the same as state or federal public entities that serve the public via taxes? I recommend you look up the difference.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoI'm aware of the difference, how does that impact the understanding that publicly traded companies have waived certain rights in exchange for certain legal privileges?
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- gd1 6y agoWe know. People are trying to have a discussion about what ought to be, not what is. You're contributing nothing.