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originally posted by: trollz
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
I fail to see the point. If Twitter becomes liable for the content of 3rd party posts, they're going to censure even more. They're going to have censure President Trump, if they could be held liable for his tweets.
No, I think it would force them to NOT censor, and only remove content that's illegal. Taking the action of deciding what content gets to be posted or not turns them into a publisher rather than a service or something like that, and therefore makes them responsible for the content. So in other words, unless they want to be liable for what gets posted, don't censor what gets posted unless it's illegal.
originally posted by: kyosuke
How did Trump lie about mail fraud? It can happen which is what he is arguing. Also, it has happened. There is an investigation in Patterson New Jersey right now for the very thing. www.nbcnewyork.com...
Also, you can't fact check an opinion with an opinion which is what twitter was doing.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: kyosuke
How did Trump lie about mail fraud? It can happen which is what he is arguing. Also, it has happened. There is an investigation in Patterson New Jersey right now for the very thing. www.nbcnewyork.com...
Also, you can't fact check an opinion with an opinion which is what twitter was doing.
So Twitter Fact Check the President with a CNN op/ed piece that is full of incorrect information, and then flagged his tweet as false based on that, lol WTH
If they want to stop being a platform then so be it, but they then own all the words and would be libel... I'm sure that isn't what they want, but they want to have the power to own all the words without also owning the responsibility of those words.
originally posted by: XCrycek
Twitter is a private owned piece of cyberspace that they pay for. They can do whatever the hell they want on it.
Isn't that fair?
BTW. Us court has already ruled that YouTube is not a public forum
Don't like it don't use it.
originally posted by: tanstaafl
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: tanstaafl
To qualify for Section 230 protections, they are not allowed to make editorial decisions. None.
They are. It's right in their Terms and Conditions of Service. It says they have the right to remove posts at will. It even says they might remove your post, but not someone else's that you think is a violation of their TOS, that they're under no responsibility to apply their rules equally, although, in good faith they try to.
The FFC Section 203 code requires social media to act "in good faith" when they enforce their TOS.
It is section 230, not 203, and the meaning of 'good faith' apparently escapes you.
Anyone who suggests they are acting in good faith right now has serious mental issues they should be addressing.
originally posted by: trollz
This is the USA, not communist China or North Korea, and these companies better remember that!
a reply to: AScrubWhoDied
I'm sorry, did you not agree to the TOS of the things you are using ? Maybe read them more carefully.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
originally posted by: tanstaafl
"Anyone who suggests they are acting in good faith right now has serious mental issues they should be addressing."
It is not for you to determine whether or not Twitter acted in good faith. That would be the purview of the courts.
It's not up to you to determine the mental state of anyone who disagrees with you, either.
originally posted by: UKTruth
Perhaps the best place to start is for you to explain exactly why it's not Twitter's choice to "intentionally apply discriminatory practices in the form of punitive disciplinary actions against speech targeted against a group of people who have a difference in belief on expectations of governance."
They don;t force anyone to use their platform.
Why should they not be allowed to be biased?
originally posted by: MonkeyFishFrog
What about the clearly illegal Trump tweets that are defamation?
originally posted by: StallionDuck
Do you know all of the laws for every state you visit? All government, business, home owner, and more.. laws that govern over you? Doubt it. You don't have enough years of life to be able to. It's an impossibility.
originally posted by: StallionDuck
When I buy a cell phone. Is that information in the contract? Nope. Happens anyways.
originally posted by: StallionDuck
Play devils advocate if you want. FYI, FB and Google take your information EVEN IF YOU DONT HAVE AN ACCOUNT.
originally posted by: StallionDuck
You really should brush up on wth is going on these days.