Reason: Facebook was right to de-platform Trump
Posted May 19, 2021, 10:28 PM UTC
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Given the relationship between these social media platforms and the government, the notion that they are strictly "private" companies is laughable.
How many times has Zuckerberg, Pichai and Dorsey been dragged in front of congress to be threatened?
Should we ignore the Atlantic Council partnering with Facebook to address censorship?
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But who do you blame for this state of affairs? Private industry or the State?
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Twitter and Facebook are begging for more regulation. They would love to have heavy regulation that they can afford and competitors can't. Once Social Media is regulated to prevent censorship we will never get rid of Twitter & Facebook, and the government (captured by them) will determine what is allowed to be posted online.
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Ya. Rather than regulate private industry, I'd like to see the new fascism called for what it is, and let these companies be regulated by the constitution as the state propagandists they are. If you're working for the government you should have to abide by rules as if you were part of it.
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Motherfuckers seem to forget - if there is a demand - guess what? The market will provide, thats right. We already have web services being developed to address this very issue. Reddit-like platforms that are decentralized. Shit just takes time. Nothing happens overnight.
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This is a joke of a take for me honestly. So Libertarian for a large monopolistic company to remove dissenters from the platform. Yes, I want private companies to act how they please, but this is clearly bigger than that and anyone with a fucking brain should understand that.
It really comes down to what they are defined as are they a publisher or a platform.
It also comes down to the fact that they do the state's bidding in return for the state to protect their monopoly.
Yup which is absolutely abhorrent.
How does the state protect their monopoly?
So whats the libertarian solution? We have to be careful because it cannot be an ad hoc justification, whatever we say the social media companies must do for a certain reason, they will use that same logic to extend government over other industries