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Protected from persecution by the government, which means it has absolutely ZERO relevance to the actions of a private company that has its own right to free sp
by pcmoney 6y ago
Protected from persecution by the government, which means it has absolutely ZERO relevance to the actions of a private company that has its own right to free speech. They can ban whatever they want! They could say “if you don’t use the oxford comma GTFO” It is their platform. If your solution is to nationalize Twitter, FB etc. then well China is right over there....
Also and because people were apparently deeply failed by their civics classes in HS, “publicly traded” does not mean a company still isn’t private. Private means not owned/run by the state.
- wang_li 6y agoThe paragraph I pulled that quote from is clearly about the law and government, not corporations. It makes no sense otherwise. When was the last time you saw a corporation make a list of protected classes?
- pcmoney 6y agoThey just typically default enforcement guidelines to mirror them. Feel free to test that theory with burner accounts or look up moderation policies.