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> you should not interpret that to mean that Youtube is infringing on first amendment rights It is much more like 14th Amendment rights and the 1964 CRA enhanc
by abernard1 5y ago
> you should not interpret that to mean that Youtube is infringing on first amendment rights
It is much more like 14th Amendment rights and the 1964 CRA enhancement of that. There are prohibitions on private organizations denying equal service based upon certain characteristics.
As Twitter, Youtube, Facebook are not actually broadcasters in any sense (what are they broadcasting?), their refusal to conduct business with others can't be cloaked in 1st amendment grounds. No one is forcing anyone to watch anything on any of these platforms.
The crux of this issue is political affiliation is not a protected class, and therefore it can be discriminated against. (And we do have non-immutable, changeable characteristics as protected classes.)
Any of 1) section 230 clarifications or changes, 2) expansions of protected classes under the 14th, or 3) monopoly regulatory power will make these prohibitions invalid.
- bduerst 5y agoPolitical association is a choice and is thus not a protected class. There is a certain U.S. political party who has a persecution fetish that makes bad faith statements about their opinions needing to be protected, but I'll let you figure out which one it is.
- scarface74 5y agoThe Civil Rights Amendment has no protection for political speech. I wonder how Trump’s new “Truth” platform would feel about being forced to post information discrediting his claims?