Spot the threat to free speech
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@Larry said in Spot the threat to free speech:
I can't think of anything that is MORE relevant than protecting the right to speak freely. Maybe it doesn't bother you to have big corporations control what does and does not get said, but it bothers me.
I'm referring to the freedom of speech as outlined in the constitution, which is mainly focused on preventing congress from making a law that limits free speech. Pretty sure the dummies in the Twitter front office aren't congress.
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In this case, how did Twitter limit the free speech of President Trump?
He put out a tweet. Nothing was censored. It was allowed in real time. Etc etc
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It's interesting how quickly "conservatives" start talking about stifling the free market when it doesn't behave how they want it to.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Spot the threat to free speech:
It's interesting how quickly "conservatives" start talking about stifling the free market when it doesn't behave how they want it to.
Well, I'm somewhat conservative, and I do not want to stifle the free market.
Ohyeah??
How about: Progressives don't want to stifle the free market, because they don't want a free market to begin with.
Stick that under your porch and try to sweep it.emoji goes here --> but KLAUS I can't use emojis.
Klaus must hate Americans. That must be it.
How about Ax? Can he fix it?
Why is everyone stifling my access to emojis???????
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White House says Trump will issue an executive order tomorrow pertaining to social media.
Will he try to overturn the first amendment by executive order?
Or will this be some retreat that will only fool the left side of the distribution of his base?
Or is there a third option?
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@jon-nyc said in Spot the threat to free speech:
White House says Trump will issue an executive order tomorrow pertaining to social media.
Will he try to overturn the first amendment by executive order?
Or will this be some retreat that will only fool the left side of the distribution of his base?
Or is there a third option?
I wish him a lot of luck with that. The silver lining may be a real discussion of what social media is doing to society. Itâs a cesspool.
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@Jolly said in Spot the threat to free speech:
Twitter was the media that helped elect Trump. Apparently, it embarrassed the management of Twitter and now they wish to change the rules to suit their purpose.
Very simple.
As a side note I wish there was something like blockchain that could prove and protect your identity. I suspect much of the crap generated is by entities who benefit from division in our country and that could even be our allies. Much cheaper than any spy craft aimed at creating FUD.
I donât believe the polarization is even half internally generated.
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@Jolly Twitter is all about hot takes and fast information.
If a trade happens in sports, a breaking news event, a fire in your city, an ongoing police situation, or just discussing the news.
It happens first on Twitter. Thatâs the special sauce.
E.g. in SF during fires - I smelled smoke outside. I twittered âSF fireâ and multiple people were talking about it. You canât get news articles that fast.
Horrible medium for discourse. Itâs just a shouting / popularity contest.
The Presidentâs particular brand of communication could work just as well on Facebook.
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Loki:
"I wish him a lot of luck with that. The silver lining may be a real discussion of what social media is doing to society. Itâs a cesspool."And that would be typical Trump. Cause an explosion, everyone freaks out, and the subject becomes the center of conversation, everyone focuses upon it.
Intentional, or not. Or, as Bret Weinstein's wife Heather put it, Trump is in her estimation, "a political savant" in that he has an instinct for how he wants to get things done, like winning a presidential election, does everything wrong according to everybody, and then smirks like the Cheshire cat.
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@taiwan_girl said in Spot the threat to free speech:
In this case, how did Twitter limit the free speech of President Trump?
He put out a tweet. Nothing was censored. It was allowed in real time. Etc etc
Do you know what free speech is, and what it means to protect It? Free speech is not about the right to say things someone else agrees with. Free speech is about protecting the right for someone to say something you DONT agree with. The Left used to love saying "I may not like what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". Not any more. Now if you say anything the Left doesn't like they call you names and try to remove it.
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@jon-nyc said in Spot the threat to free speech:
Is it:
A). A private company making editorial decisions on its own platform.
B). The President of the United States vaguely threatening a private company for making editorial decisions on its own platform
Well we now know that the exec order says if you do that you lose liability protections and fed funding. Will have to survive court challenges but is probably a good issue for base politics.
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He should have demanded to speak to the manager.
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@Loki said in Spot the threat to free speech:
Well we now know that the exec order says if you do that you lose liability protections and fed funding. Will have to survive court challenges but is probably a good issue for base politics.
Seems like the greater liability threat will make them more likely to censor.
Kinda makes you wonder if Trump thought this through....
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@jon-nyc said in Spot the threat to free speech:
@Loki said in Spot the threat to free speech:
Well we now know that the exec order says if you do that you lose liability protections and fed funding. Will have to survive court challenges but is probably a good issue for base politics.
Seems like the greater liability threat will make them more likely to censor.
Kinda makes you wonder if Trump thought this through....
I read quickly and thought the take was if you donât censor (I.e. conservatives) youâll be fine.
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@jon-nyc said in Spot the threat to free speech:
@Loki said in Spot the threat to free speech:
Kinda makes you wonder if Trump thought this through....
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