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I'll give you a hint as to why they are doing this. There are already protections for race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, and disability. This is
by sumeno 5y ago
I'll give you a hint as to why they are doing this. There are already protections for race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, and disability.
This is all about getting "political ideology" added to the list so that they can publicly discuss their horrendous beliefs and not get fired
- mint2 5y agoRepublicans are trying to pass laws to protect Literal nazis from being held accountable.
- jude- 5y agoYup. Everything else is window dressing. This is about forcing every private company to carry their propaganda whether they like it or not.
- leereeves 5y agoPolitical beliefs are already protected in California, where the companies that are most active in the surveillance economy are based. https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/labor/harassment/political-retaliation/ https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/labor/harassment/political-reta...
- lalaland1125 5y agoThat's for employment. This is about whether or not Twitter can ban Nazis.
- kofejnik 5y agoGot it! If you want to punch someone, just declare them a nazi, right?
- lalaland1125 5y agoYou realize that there is a difference between getting banned on Twitter and physical violence?
- leereeves 5y agoNo, this is about whether Twitter can gather and trade personal information, explicitly excluding "information legally obtained from a publicly available source". AFAICT the bill does nothing to limit who Twitter can ban based on publicly available information, including posts on Twitter itself.