EFF's Response to Social Media Decisions to Block President Trump’s Accounts
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Re: EFF's Response to Social Media Decisions to Block President Trump’s Accounts
#2Dear EFF,
Is this seriously your official position? That far from taking a hardline stance against censorship, you're instead in agreement and commend this coordinated censorship and slippery slope?
If this is the case, you are not the EFF that I or the internet know or loved.
This is not about whether or not we like Donald Trump or anything. This is about the fact that social media platforms just censored the President of the United States of America for no other reason than their own political views.
We saw this happen before with the stasi.
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#3Dear EFF, Is this seriously your official position? That far from taking a hardline stance against censorship, you're instead in agreement and commend this coordinated censorship and slippery slope? If this is the case, you are not the EFF that I or the internet know or loved. This is not about whether or not we like Donald Trump or anything. This is about the fact that social media platforms just censored the Presid…
Well, their political views and his attempt to overthrow a democratically-elected government by inciting a mob to storm the Capitol building.
Re: EFF's Response to Social Media Decisions to Block President Trump’s Accounts
#4Well, I won't be donating to the EFF again.
Re: EFF's Response to Social Media Decisions to Block President Trump’s Accounts
#5Dear EFF, Is this seriously your official position? That far from taking a hardline stance against censorship, you're instead in agreement and commend this coordinated censorship and slippery slope? If this is the case, you are not the EFF that I or the internet know or loved. This is not about whether or not we like Donald Trump or anything. This is about the fact that social media platforms just censored the Presid…
Are you really comparing the actions of East German secret police with being banned from social media? This is ridiculous.
Re: EFF's Response to Social Media Decisions to Block President Trump’s Accounts
#6Dear EFF, Is this seriously your official position? That far from taking a hardline stance against censorship, you're instead in agreement and commend this coordinated censorship and slippery slope? If this is the case, you are not the EFF that I or the internet know or loved. This is not about whether or not we like Donald Trump or anything. This is about the fact that social media platforms just censored the Presid…
Are you really comparing the actions of East German secret police with being banned from social media? This is ridiculous.
The left used to defend free speech in the public square. Such as when neo-nazis marched in Skokie where many Jewish Holocaust survivors lived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am...
There's nothing wrong with the opinion of being against free speech, it's just quite sad how far we've fallen. Only allowing the speech you agree with is not free speech.
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#7yet both 2020 candidates have spoken of an outright repeal of Section 230.
Biden has said it should be "revoked immediately."
2021 is not going to be a good year for internet freedoms.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you really comparing the actions of East German secret police with being banned from social media? This is ridiculous.
The left used to defend free speech in the public square. Such as when neo-nazis marched in Skokie where many Jewish Holocaust survivors lived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am... There's nothing wrong with the opinion of being against free speech, it's just quite sad how far we've fallen. Only allowing the speech you agree with is not free speech.
Free Speech has to do with the government hauling you off for saying something, it has nothing to do with being able to incite riots, or convey viewpoints of fascism on the property of a 3rd party.
Re: EFF's Response to Social Media Decisions to Block President Trump’s Accounts
#9Dear EFF, Is this seriously your official position? That far from taking a hardline stance against censorship, you're instead in agreement and commend this coordinated censorship and slippery slope? If this is the case, you are not the EFF that I or the internet know or loved. This is not about whether or not we like Donald Trump or anything. This is about the fact that social media platforms just censored the Presid…
Did their political views change over the last day or so? Did the President's? No? Then perhaps you should consider that there may be other possible reasons that they have banned these accounts.
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#10yet both 2020 candidates have spoken of an outright repeal of Section 230. Biden has said it should be "revoked immediately." 2021 is not going to be a good year for internet freedoms.
We had a free internet (as much as it ever was) before Facebook and Twitter though.
Is section 230 really about internet freedoms? Walk me through your thinking if you would? In my mind the major effect of 230 is promoting centralized sites that really don't seem to have any good effect on society.