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Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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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.

both sides think "social media" is biased against them; I honestly could not guess which way you think the bias goes

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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100% agree with florida here, would be huge for me

I guess you’d support no more downvoting or flagging post here either.

fine with downvoting, just no banning or censoring for unpopular opinions

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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100% agree with florida here, would be huge for me

Why would this be huge for you?

it aligns with my values on free speech and I think social media platforms should be common carriers and be forced to allow all free speech (aside from fire in a crowded theater)

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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I 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.

I agree, unless the alternative is to break apart the monopolies which I think is better.

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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At 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…

the big ones are also global companies who operate in many countries (and cooperate with many countries' law enforcement). For me, the better metaphor is to think of them as virtual governments of virtual territories

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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Entirely 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 law is good because it encourages content moderation

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?

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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This 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.

nah. my bank, electric company, telephone carrier, internet carrier, and social media platforms (effectively the public square) should have no choice but to carry me regardless of my opinions

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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Earlier 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

I’m not sure how that would work. Isn’t enough downvotes the same a censoring as the site isn’t letting your opinion be heard. Dang won’t be able to step in and maintain order. Spam couldn’t be disallowed.

Re: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social networks as common carriers

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100% 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.

we should put speed limiters on cars so they can't go faster than 5 mph and endanger someone else
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