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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5513299" data-attributes="member: 24302">If the government has every right to shut down misinformation then why did they ask Twitter to do it in private?&nbsp; And for example the Hunter Biden laptop story wasn&#039;t misinformation but the government told Twitter it was.&nbsp; It has since been acknowledged as his laptop by major liberal outlets.&nbsp; The government had the laptop since 2019 and knew it was legitimate.&nbsp; But they lied to Twitter, Facebook, and others.&nbsp; This is what you&#039;re defending.It&#039;s generally agreed by most today that Twitter, Facebook, etc are &quot;the public square.&quot; Doesn&#039;t mean that Twitter, etc don&#039;t have rights and responsibilities over their domain but it does mean the government can&#039;t legally pick winners and losers.&nbsp; Participants have rights too.&nbsp; So the government circumvents that by going behind the curtain.&nbsp; And you&#039;re defending that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5513299, member: 24302"] If the government has every right to shut down misinformation then why did they ask Twitter to do it in private? And for example the Hunter Biden laptop story wasn't misinformation but the government told Twitter it was. It has since been acknowledged as his laptop by major liberal outlets. The government had the laptop since 2019 and knew it was legitimate. But they lied to Twitter, Facebook, and others. This is what you're defending. It's generally agreed by most today that Twitter, Facebook, etc are "the public square." Doesn't mean that Twitter, etc don't have rights and responsibilities over their domain but it does mean the government can't legally pick winners and losers. Participants have rights too. So the government circumvents that by going behind the curtain. And you're defending that. [/QUOTE]

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