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I'm beginning to think free speech advocates here don't believe in property rights. Big Tech can do what they want with their products. They own them.
by tonystubblebine 6y ago
I'm beginning to think free speech advocates here don't believe in property rights. Big Tech can do what they want with their products. They own them.
- Fjolsvith 6y agoTell that to Ma Bell.
- bcrl 6y agoMa Bell has pretty strict privacy laws that it must adhere to.
- Fjolsvith 6y agoMa Bell was broke up into pieces.
- bcrl 6y agoBut many of the legacy telecom laws remain on the books. It's tech that was exempted from these regulations, not legacy telecom. Sadly the privacy protections we had on phone calls were never applied to data. That would have resulted in a very different world than that in which we live today.
- jessaustin 6y agoThat was a scam. Follow the money. Lots of it was invested in 1990s/early 2000s, and every penny ended up in the pockets of ATT, VZN, and their executives and investment bankers. Only now, as sibling observes, common carriage and other requirements are gone.
- rzz3 6y agoThere is a difference between “can” and “should”. Twitter has every legal right to do what they did, but I feel that the decisions they (and other social media companies) are making are extremely dangerous and misguided.
- gibolt 6y agoThese platforms were used to incite a coup of our government. This is a perfect, clear-cut reason to ban a user/group. Platforms ban bad actors all the time. Anyone taking advantage of a service against its TOS or against the country it is bound to is not welcome.
- asdf333 6y agoalso keep in mind that i’m the united states, free speech is restricted. you can’t shout fire in a crowded theatre and you also can’t use hate speech which can incite riots or cause violence. i think people forget this too.