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>It should be obviously true that progressives, and democrats these days are more in favor of social media companies controlling their platform, compared to, sa

• stale2002 4y ago
  > I would appreciate some evidence for this claim. The evidence would be any time someone complains about censorship done by social media platforms, and the response is "Its a private company it can do what it wants!". Surely, you aren't going to pretend that you haven't heard people say this line, over and over and over again, in these discussions before?
  • jquery 4y ago
    To the extent progressives actually said that, it was mocking the hypocrisy of conservatives who purport to be pro-business and “anti-regulation”, demonstrating they’re only anti-regulation when it’s convenient. Surely the joke wasn’t that difficult to understand… To the extent progressives believed it, they believe people should have the right to censor hate speech, and if it’s carried out by private companies rather than the government, all the better, because the government is hogtied by the first amendment.
    • stale2002 4y ago
      > Surely the joke wasn’t that difficult to understand… It started as a joke, and then became something that people actually believed. You can test this out by simply asking progressives if they think that private social media companies should be regulated in what they are allowed to moderate, or if instead they should be allowed to censor or moderate however they want, or is instead "A private company, it can do what it wants!".