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Even if you subscribe to the viewpoint that Facebook is a "pipe" rather than the speaker, it seems hard to avoid the idea that Facebook's choice of which speech
by rainsford 4y ago
Even if you subscribe to the viewpoint that Facebook is a "pipe" rather than the speaker, it seems hard to avoid the idea that Facebook's choice of which speech it is a pipe for constitutes free speech by Facebook. Nobody should be confused as to whether a newspaper is the author of letters to the editor, but it has a 1st amendment right to choose which letters to publish.
- catiopatio 4y agoIf it is Facebook's speech, and this is equivalent to a newspaper, then why shouldn't we hold Facebook liable for the speech they do choose to publish — just like a newspaper?
- rayiner 4y agoIt doesn’t seem that hard to me to say that what Facebook does with millions of messages flowing through its pipes every day is “conduct” not “speech.” A better foundation for this seems to be property rights—it’s facebook’s pipes, and their business what they do with it.
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- inkblotuniverse 4y agoThe water company owns their pipes, and they're not allowed to shut off my supply because of something offensive I said.
- incompatible 4y agoHas the "1st amendment right to choose which letters to publish" in a newspaper ever been tested in a court? Or could it also be challenged by the same kind of legislation, if it didn't apply only to "social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users"?