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Twitter is not the government? Twitter also is not really a public square, it's an advertiser-supported electronic press. If I own a printing press, I have th
by tenebrisalietum 4y ago
Twitter is not the government? Twitter also is not really a public square, it's an advertiser-supported electronic press.
If I own a printing press, I have the freedom to print what I want, including what people send me, and I also can not print what I want, including what people send me. It's my press. Want different rules, get your own or use someone elses.
Because Twitter is a privately owned super-fast electronic press, administered at their whims, people should stop using it for things that matter unless they have an actual contract with the corporation. I don't rely on Twitter for anything other than entertainment.
The fact that people expect rights and meaning with advertiser-supported stuff given to them for free is what's harmful.
- jwolfe 4y agoThis metaphor also fails, in the existing regulatory framework. If you own a printing press and print something, you are liable for its contents. Twitter, under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, is not liable for content that its users post.