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Now private companies are deciding of their own extrajudicial laws.
by greatgib 2y ago
Now private companies are deciding of their own extrajudicial laws.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoThis is nonsensical, private companies (like individuals) can choose who they allow to use their products, just like they always have.
- fsflover 2y agoThey shouldn't be able to if they're monopolies.
- globular-toast 2y agoYou should say services, not products. People who make products can't generally choose who gets to use them. But, in any case, private companies should never be both allowed to do what they like and allowed to be monopolies. Since we don't break up monopolies any more, that means they can't be allowed to do what they like.
- SllX 2y agoNot extrajudicial laws. Terms of Service. Private companies can’t pass laws and Facebook is not an unrestricted hosting provider. Never has been. You can disagree with Facebook’s choice without disputing their ability to do something, in this case ban a bunch of jet tracking accounts.
- 123yawaworht456 2y agonow? between 2016 and twitter's acquisition, during the massive campaign to crush political dissent on all social media, the common and oft-repeated wisdom was something among the lines of "corporations are free to do whatever they want with their platforms"