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>Note that platforms are still allowed to block for any reason regardless of the outcome in this case. What's to prevent the politician from just using social
by Jiro 3y ago
>Note that platforms are still allowed to block for any reason regardless of the outcome in this case.
What's to prevent the politician from just using social media run by a company who is friendly to him and will block people with opposing viewpoints even without him telling them to?
(Aside from the fact that social media companies like some politicians more than others, which just makes the problem worse.)
- iudqnolq 3y agoNot much. In theory if a company acts under the direction of a govt official a court could find that it acted as part of the state. But that takes a very high degree of entanglement. If the company is simply persuaded the official has a good argument that isn't enough. You can see the miserable track record of Trump supporters sueing over govt programs to report "disinformation" to social media companies for examples of what isn't sufficient.