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| John B:
The issue is that the DNC and biden staff sent communications to twitter staff instructing them to censor speech, hence the claim is infringing on the 1st amendment by proxy. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: james_s on December 05, 2022, 03:12:08 am --- --- Quote from: wraper on December 05, 2022, 12:56:13 am ---Twitter was violationg first amendment on behalf of democrats (government is not allowed to impede with free speech). Twitter employees were not even sure what rule to apply to block that information. Nothing to see there... Democrads good, Musk bad :palm:. Not to say your argument is just nonsencical, he gets attention to himself, not diverts it. --- End quote --- The First Amendment does not apply to Twitter which is a corporation, not a branch of the government. The amendment protects an individual against prosecution for speech, it does not prevent a company from controlling what you say on their platform. For example Dave can ban any topic he wants here and the Constitution would do nothing to prevent that, even if he was based in the USA. --- End quote --- Yep absolutely right, and that's how fantastically twisted the system can become when those rules are themselves twisted - while still being, technically, followed. Once the government directly influences private corporations and censors free speech through them, then the government *is* violating the first amendment, but hiding behing a private corporation, it all looks legit. That is this part that is disgusting. Otherwise I agree with such private platforms to do whatever they want, and if we don't like what they do, we can use other platforms. But once governments have power over those platforms, then they are able to violate constitutions without much consequence. That's pretty bad. But that's absolutely expected: the opportunity is there, and they just seize it. The only way of preventing them from seizing the opportunity is to impeach them. |
| vad:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 05, 2022, 03:22:09 am ---Yep absolutely right, and that's how fantastically twisted the system can become when those rules are themselves twisted - while still being, technically, followed. Once the government directly influences private corporations and censors free speech through them, then the government *is* violating the first amendment, but hiding behing a private corporation, it all looks legit. That is this part that is disgusting. Otherwise I agree with such private platforms to do whatever they want, and if we don't like what they do, we can use other platforms. But once governments have power over those platforms, then they are able to violate constitutions without much consequence. That's pretty bad. But that's absolutely expected: the opportunity is there, and they just seize it. The only way of preventing them from seizing the opportunity is to impeach them. --- End quote --- I am sorry, what government are you referring to? Many Twitter’s content restrictions were implemented when Trump was the president, and his administration was the US federal government. Are you suggesting that Trump should have been impeached because of some decisions that Twitter’s board of directors and C-level execs made back then?! |
| RJSV:
Folks:. Argue if you will, (and I genuinely wish a happy Holiday, these winter months). I've found, over and over, until my head (almost) literally explodes, THAT THE people quite near to me and my life seem like they will NEVER 'debate' in any realistic way...: Name calling, smears and innuendo. It's like a smug, conceit and I'm not implicating anyone on the eevblog more like street neighbors, and some of (my) relatives. Almost never, do I come away with any sense of accomplishment. One fella, local, wouldn't react at all well, to my candid remarks (ignorant viewer of Thom Hartmann, is a good example. In my opinion, the worst, gossipy, rumour pusher, seemingly just overjoyed to 'slander', and employ false trademarks like they were the only method of 'fair' discourse. There's ways, for me, of evaluating media things...but these days a dreaded sense, a caution...DONT CRITICISE these folks. I've even started using their catch-phrase, of verbal 'smears' of character: ...'You People...'. Level-headed rationality is nowhere to be found, trying to 'debate', just gets the comeback: "Well, ...Mr. Smith is even worse...". Never to debate, in real, legitimate terms. That's soooo 7th grade. |
| RJSV:
Mr. TRUMP, by the way, was part of the reason that this whole movement to 'patrol' the truth started. Harmful 'fake' this and that,...now MUST be countered...with heavy censorship. Hell, I ain't even a Trump, (or HANNITY, lol) fan...just alarmed at the ease that that, supposed, SMEAR got put on me. (Asked too many questions). |
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