When Trump closes down social media we can finally go back to the version of the Internet were people just had personal blogs and you curated your "feed" yourself by subscribing to their RSS.
Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms
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#122Is no-one going to talk about how this is explicitly what "freedom of speech" means? That Trump is one of the few people that "freedom of speech" doesn't apply, because it's protection FROM HIM doing exactly this kind of thing. Twitter has every protected right to criticize the president (which they should have been doing a whole lot more of but that's a different discussion). That's the whole point of "freedom of sp…
> Trump is one of the few people that "freedom of speech" doesn't apply No, Trump is one of the few people that the first amendment of the constitution of the United States doesn't apply. Free speech is broader than any specific law, whether you think people deserve it or not.
You mean the first amendment being trampled on by a president threatening legal action against a private company?
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#123Uh huh...
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#124Putting aside concerns about overreach government powers, would ending social media as we know it really be a bad thing?
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#125Is no-one going to talk about how this is explicitly what "freedom of speech" means? That Trump is one of the few people that "freedom of speech" doesn't apply, because it's protection FROM HIM doing exactly this kind of thing. Twitter has every protected right to criticize the president (which they should have been doing a whole lot more of but that's a different discussion). That's the whole point of "freedom of sp…
> Trump is one of the few people that "freedom of speech" doesn't apply No, Trump is one of the few people that the first amendment of the constitution of the United States doesn't apply. Free speech is broader than any specific law, whether you think people deserve it or not.
There's an extremist viewpoint on free speech that it is a categorical good, divorced from any societal utility or harm, which elevates it almost to a point of religion.
It's always interesting to me when I observe it in action, because not even the US legal system---a system that, among the systems of the world, enshrines free speech as more untouchable than most nations---agrees with this absolutist premise.
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#126From a free speech/free press standpoint, private company Twitter absolutely has the right to editorialize Trump's tweets, while Trump trying to silence Twitter would be the government infringing on the right to free speech/press.
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#127The head of integrity has unabashedly showcased his strong political bias on Twitter, and I suspect things will begin going poorly for either him or Twitter shortly.
Sorry, what "bias" is that?
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#128So he just admitted that fact checking is suppressing conservative voices? That's awesome.
Biased fact checking would be and would be par for the course for many "news" organizations on both sides
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#130"Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices" Reddit is the best example of that. I don't want to defend him but look at every single news and politics related sub from /r/news, /r/worldnews, /r/politics etc. But that happens here too. Honestly I blame the upvote downvote system more. Reddit and HN are both really wrong with it
Reddit literally censors the actual Donald Trump campaign subreddit: it's hidden behind a scary warning screen and demonetized https://old.reddit.com/r/The_Donald . Hilarious. They don't even pretend to be unbiased or to care about their userbase that's equally on both sides of the political spectrum.
This is because it is littered with personal attacks, lies and defamation. When the president pushes unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and makes constant attacks against private citizens, that crosses the line regardless of party. Being unbiased does not mean promoting/supporting vile personal attacks.