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Why would this be huge for you?
Probably because his ideas and opinions are actively censored. It's no secret that social media has a heavy bias.
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#34100% agree with florida here, would be huge for me
Don't turn the rest of the internet into 4chan so you can force gross ideas and content onto everyone else.
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#35I agree and we should classify the underlying Internet service providers, that social media providers depends on, as common carriers as well!
Also services like Cloudflare, and email providers like GMail.
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#36At this point we need to recognize that these "private companies" are now de facto state actors. They take censorship advice from government agencies (like the CDC), ban certain people in response to political pressures, and hand over user's private data without a warrant. That doesn't mean regulating them like common carries is good or workable, but we need to start by recognizing that there are first amendment clai…
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#37Entirely reasonable either they are publishers and thus have free speech and carry full penalties for all the content they allow. Or they are carriers and thus should have no say, but also no risks of content.
Congress passed a law to specifically ensure they are websites are not responsible for the speech they reproduce. This law is good because it encourages content moderation because there are never consequences for the moderation decisions.
This is too direct for me to be putting words in your mouth: do you believe that any and all content moderation is an unambiguous good?
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#38This would be a terrible precedent. These are private companies, who is the government to tell them how to operate without funding them. If you don't like what you read, or if you read things that are not true that is on you as an individual to make appropriate choices. The government shouldnt meddle with social networks. They are just that, social and voluntary.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess you’d support no more downvoting or flagging post here either.
fine with downvoting, just no banning or censoring for unpopular opinions
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#40100% agree with florida here, would be huge for me
If you want to post on 4chan, go post on 4chan. Don't turn the rest of the internet into 4chan so you can force gross ideas and content onto everyone else.