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Elon Musk Exposes the Hatred of Free Speech
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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5229607" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>That's not entirely correct. Newspapers and other media outlets are held to certain standards by the government and if they violate those standards they can be held accountable through lawsuits. The Social Media giants like Twitter have been given exceptions to that because it was agreed they don't editorialize like newspapers but are just platforms and shouldn't be held responsible for what is posted on their platform. They run the risk of losing that exception when they take sides and shut down one side in favor of another. Since they favor Democrats they won't lose their protections as long as Democrats are in power. But if they're able to use their power to shut down conservative alternatives like Parlor or to keep any mention of political corruption by their favored candidates off their platform then when Republicans take back Congress one of the first things they should do is strip liability protections from the social media platforms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5229607, member: 24302"] That's not entirely correct. Newspapers and other media outlets are held to certain standards by the government and if they violate those standards they can be held accountable through lawsuits. The Social Media giants like Twitter have been given exceptions to that because it was agreed they don't editorialize like newspapers but are just platforms and shouldn't be held responsible for what is posted on their platform. They run the risk of losing that exception when they take sides and shut down one side in favor of another. Since they favor Democrats they won't lose their protections as long as Democrats are in power. But if they're able to use their power to shut down conservative alternatives like Parlor or to keep any mention of political corruption by their favored candidates off their platform then when Republicans take back Congress one of the first things they should do is strip liability protections from the social media platforms. [/QUOTE]
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