re: Poll: should Facebook, Twitter, etc be allowed to ban people for political speech?

I don't want the government having the power to decide whether Facebook or Twitter can do this.

As much as I recognize the problem, the solution can't be government intervention.

Now, if we can link the wills of political actors to the actions of these corporations, I think that would be criminal on both sides.

A few “conservatives” around here.......

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but I am wary of government involvement. In another thread a poster pointed out that in time the free market will sort this out though it may not happen quick enough for some. My advice would be to not use their service, encourage others to leave them also and enjoy their downfall when it comes. Liberals may get off on forcing people to do things, like baking queers a cake but us patriotic, conservative Americans are better than they are.

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You are very correct and I agree I don’t want government regulating what you can and can’t say. But I do want them stopping people from prohibiting speech and discussion in public forums and public dialogue.

Nah it's all good baw I'll just use another platform that is known for end to end encryption unlike companies like facebook or twitter.

It's called WhatsApp. You should get with the program you stupid boomer.

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As long as they don’t single out groups of people based upon protected liberties, then I don’t see a problem.

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Well, they kinda are. Which is the whole point of this thread.

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Yes, they’re private organizations. As long as they don’t single out groups of people based upon protected liberties, then I don’t see a problem.

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Political affiliation is a protected class in California, New York, and DC.

No

Independent

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Sorry the truth doesn’t fit in your little box.

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Explain the truth. Be specific.

Okay, be specific to what your “Ya okay” comment was.

What? They operate in Interstate Commerce. If they damage US citizens in any state - they are subject to federal tort laws.

IOW: Sue the bastards. They will modify their behavior if suddenly their discriminatory bullshite gives them basically unlimited tort exposure. There would be open discovery on why, for example, Twitter banned James Woods but not Kathy Griffin. I’m doubt free there were complaints about her nonsense during the Covington deal.

The best congress can do is create a private right of action against these people and courts can decide whether the social media was disingenuous in its excuse for ban on a case by case basis. It’s the only thing that doesn’t involve the cops and speech.