re: BOOM! Devin Nunes sues Twitter for $250M for silencing conservatives

So law suits are big government now?

Because they know his claims have validity.

Same here. I personally want nothing to do with Twitter other than reading other people's tweets. In this day and age very little good can come from sharing your political opinions and your personal life for all to see. Especially so if you espouse the "wrong" opinion on any topic.

I've shared political opinions in the past on Facebook that while reasonable and non-controversial I probably would have been better off just keeping to myself. The frighteningly rapid pace at which the insanely radical far left is now demonizing what just a few short years ago was considered perfectly acceptable speech that just so happened to disagree with their beliefs or worldview as "hate speech" makes social media a potentially dangerous minefield. At the rate they're going who knows what will be considered unacceptable 5 or 10 years from now. Accidentally using the wrong pronoun or sharing a completely innocent opinion might be considered "hate speech" and get you fired or blackballed by then.

This Monday loves you, Wednesday!

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Do people have a right to Twitter? Political Party isn’t a protected class so this will go nowhere.

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Well they opened a can by ruling that Trump and politicians couldn't block people

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We're sorry no one baked a large penis shaped cake for your wedding.

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private company so that is completely up to them to do so

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Private companies cannot violate the terms of their agreements with their customers, nor can they commit torts against them.

Ordinarily I am opposed to lawsuits to cure something legislation should fix. In this case, there are limits about what one private actor (Twitter) can do to another private actor (Nunez, the Republican Party).

This is actually the kind of things courts were designed to redress. This case is extremely important.

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We're sorry no one baked a large penis shaped cake for your wedding.

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Would have been legit awesome. I settled for a PMAC cake though.

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and what were there terms?

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From the terms of service:

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Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TWITTER ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE TWITTER ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TWITTER, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE TWITTER ENTITIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

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