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What I never understood about the “Twitter is a private company” argument is: just because Twitter is legally allowed to do something doesn’t make it moral, and
by janalsncm 4y ago
What I never understood about the “Twitter is a private company” argument is: just because Twitter is legally allowed to do something doesn’t make it moral, and doesn’t mean we should encourage them to do it. Twitter banned a lot of vile people (e.g. Alex Jones, Milo, Trump) which happened to align with popular sentiment but too many times I see legal authority conflated with moral authority.
- blamestross 4y agoThe reason people say that is because most people say "but the first amendment" when it isn't relevant.
- janalsncm 4y agoThe First Amendment can only speak to what the law is, not what is moral. Again, just because it’s legal doesn’t make it moral.
- vinay427 4y agoThe GP comment points out that it doesn’t even have direct legal relevance, which is their point. The response about being a private company is related to that, not the question of legality vs. morality, even if it perhaps (by responding to the First Amendment claim) implicitly offer some non-zero value to legality.