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There are election laws that mandate equal access to ads for politicians, so a bill considering deplatforming as election interference would not be out of line

• heavyset_go 5y ago
  Campaigns can still buy ads on the platforms.
  • protomyth 5y ago
    Yeah, but when every post / tweet is an ad, I would imagine the new protection is required in their minds.
  • joshribakoff 5y ago
    That is understood, the comment you replied to was just using it as an example of a law that regulates what a platform may do. If laws can be made to force them to run ads, it sets a precedent for similar laws that apply to content other than ads
• joshribakoff 5y ago
  An open question may be whether this proposal actually forces the platforms to allow all politicians to post, or if it actually just mandates equal access It seems there should be some discretion to me, for example if a politician is posting content that otherwise violates the rules, is it ok to ban the politician for the content of the post? For instance, with the equal access to ads for politicians, it seems like it ought to be the platforms right to ban grotesque images of aborted fetuses or gunshot victims (with or without connection to a political ad). If a politician repeatedly violates these rules, it seems like it should be ok to ban the politician on the basis of the content violating the rules