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The NYT can control what they print, and they are also responsible for what they print. Twitter can control what it "prints", but is not responsible. Those si
by Turing_Machine 4y ago
The NYT can control what they print, and they are also responsible for what they print.
Twitter can control what it "prints", but is not responsible.
Those situations aren't the same. At all.
Historically, there were platforms (like newspapers) that had full control of what information they disseminated and had full responsibility for that information, and "common carrier" platforms (like the phone company) that did not control what information was disseminated and accordingly were not responsible for it.
Twitter and its brethren want the best of both worlds -- freedom to censor, but no responsibility.
They should have to choose one or the other.
- themitigating 4y agoWhy can't they not be responsible and censor, how are these related?
- Turing_Machine 4y agoBecause power without responsibility is a recipe for abuse.
- themitigating 4y agoIf they are responsible for the comments they'll censor more.
- jermaustin1 4y ago> Twitter can control what it "prints", but is not responsible. I agree that this is a problem that I wish was addressed, but honestly, I dont know what kind of overreaching, anti-freedom (/s kind of?) law would need to be passed. The reason it worked for news papers was they were printing news, and news has to be true (or at least not outright lies). Twitter, Facebook, *chan, parlor, Truth social (is that actually a thing yet?) would all just say they dont print the news, and that every post is opinion. Which even the NYT opinion pieces don't fall under the same editorial scrutiny as their news, and legally are completely separate.
- sethrin 4y agoI think you'll find that both print media and online media have substantially similar protections for third-party content.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoI think you'll find that online media is explicitly protected from being sued for defamatory or infringing content under the DMCA, as long as they take the material down. No such protection exists for print media.
- sethrin 4y agoPrint media cannot "take down" content, but does enjoy a similar immunity as regards third party content. You should probably educate yourself on the subject, it would save you from making silly arguments.
- Iwan-Zotow 4y ago> The NYT can control what they print, and they are also responsible for what they print. Nonsense You should look at the thingy called "Opinion", and what kind of disclaimer NYT put around it
- Turing_Machine 4y agoLabeling it "opinion" does not protect you from being sued for libel, or for copyright infringement, or... Someone is spouting nonsense here, but it isn't me.
- Iwan-Zotow 4y agoSure you could sue person, much harder to sue newspaper you could sue someone for a twit if you want to, nothing could stop you