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> Same way that when you open a store you can't pick and choose your customers. The same way a store can't kick someone out who's running around saying racial

> Same way that when you open a store you can't pick and choose your customers. The same way a store can't kick someone out who's running around saying racial slurs to everyone? The same way the New York Times is required to print every letter to the editor that is sent to them? The store example doesn't hold up at all for a number of reasons and online communities have had extra legal standards since the beginning of the internet.

jacob2484 5y ago
NY Times is not a platform
- throwawayswede 5y ago
  NYT Opinion page (essence bullshit basically) is.
  - anigbrowl 5y ago
    Are you arguing (consistent with your comment above) that NYT-O must publish all submissions?
  - imwillofficial 5y ago
    NYT Opinion page is not a “public square” In America at least, there are different sets of rules for different types of business. A curated opinion piece, carefully chosen by experienced editors, is vastly different from a public swimming pool. For the first, that filter, that exclusivity, that editorializing is part of the draw. It’s good because it’s a filter, not a platform. The public pool should not be a filter, and yes, sometimes there are weird things that float in there, and it takes effort to clean up, but that’s the cost of being open to the public.
  - scotty79 5y ago
    If NYT does the selection and curation then it's not. Same way opinion piece inspired by what author heard from other people is not a platform for those people.
username90 5y ago
> The same way a store can't kick someone out who's running around saying racial slurs to everyone? They can't kick out whoever they want, governments regulate that. And here Germany decided that Youtube can't kick out people for a particular reason. It is the same concept.
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scotty79 5y ago
> The same way a store can't kick someone out who's running around saying racial slurs to everyone? They can but not because the store has negative opinion about this behavior but because that behaving disorderly in public place is against the law. Actually they should just call the cops.

jacob2484 5y ago

NY Times is not a platform

throwawayswede 5y ago
NYT Opinion page (essence bullshit basically) is.
- anigbrowl 5y ago
  Are you arguing (consistent with your comment above) that NYT-O must publish all submissions?
- imwillofficial 5y ago
  NYT Opinion page is not a “public square” In America at least, there are different sets of rules for different types of business. A curated opinion piece, carefully chosen by experienced editors, is vastly different from a public swimming pool. For the first, that filter, that exclusivity, that editorializing is part of the draw. It’s good because it’s a filter, not a platform. The public pool should not be a filter, and yes, sometimes there are weird things that float in there, and it takes effort to clean up, but that’s the cost of being open to the public.
- scotty79 5y ago
  If NYT does the selection and curation then it's not. Same way opinion piece inspired by what author heard from other people is not a platform for those people.

username90 5y ago

> The same way a store can't kick someone out who's running around saying racial slurs to everyone? They can't kick out whoever they want, governments regulate that. And here Germany decided that Youtube can't kick out people for a particular reason. It is the same concept.

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scotty79 5y ago

> The same way a store can't kick someone out who's running around saying racial slurs to everyone? They can but not because the store has negative opinion about this behavior but because that behaving disorderly in public place is against the law. Actually they should just call the cops.