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Private social media that's the de facto only public square?Nonsense – this is as ignorant as it is wrong.
The ‘town square’ metaphor is completely devoid of merit.
The ‘town square’ is just that: government property, the public sector subject to free speech and freedom of assembly jurisprudence.
Facebook is private property, not public.
The doctrine of free speech concerns solely the relationship between government and those governed, not between or among private persons and private entities – such as private social media.
I do believe that is correct.I’ve tried Parler and SM sites like it, and they’re just not as user friendly as Facebook or Twitter. Maybe the reason they don’t get off the ground is because they need better developers?
Also wrong.Right now, Fascistbook is simply silencing people they disagree with while pushing the fascist narrative.
At least you’re consistent at being ignorant and wrong.They are selling my data for me to be there. I have rights under those terms. Rights they do not want to allow.
Nothing.What's wrong with calling out an organization for bias that effects their users?
They were removing everything about the stolen election two years ago.It looks like Mark Zuckerberg has ordered his troops to remove any conservative who is making their opinion heard and are getting the word out well.
A group of some 18 Wyoming conservatives, who were exposing the Cheney lies and were being successful at getting the word out about her denial of due process and support of red flag laws which deny due process have been banned from face book. Facebook took actions based on their "community standards" but then failed to state why they banned these people. Funny how they still allow Death to America from many here.
In my case, we had just begun to go after the 87,000 IRS agents that are most certainly Bidens Secret Police. The Posse Comitatus Act stops the government from using military troops against the people. As IRS agents they are free to go after the people. They have bought millions of dollars in ammunition and weapons and there recent job posting mentioned using deadly force against We the People..
I posted this on Facebook:
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META has now banned 18 conservatives in our group for comments like this. We were successful in helping stop Liz Cheney's re-election and now we set our sights on Democrats as a whole. Because they do not like the linkage to a fascist organization and how they were set up in the 1930's by another dictator, they are banning people who see these fascists for what they are. Face Book is now protecting fascism in the US.
We live in perilous times and we as Good Men and Women must stand up or we will lose our freedoms forever. Facebook is giving democrats donations in kind for active censorship of opposing views.
Feel free to post your experiences with Facebook or as I call them FASCISTBOOK. They are hard and fast removing any content damaging to democrat politicians.
This fails as a false comparison fallacy.No, I would agree with those who say social media --- the biggest --- are now basically a public utility. After all, telephones weren't a public utility until suddenly they were, and that's about communication too. Same deal as telephones. I would like to see no political censoring; I don't like porn or openly inciting violence to individuals or sales talks --- so I guess I'm not for TOTALLY free speech, but political, even over-the-top stuff, yeah.
Not solely Facebook at its own discretion, no.Well, based on all of the whining coming from the right, it's Facebook...
Evasion noted.That question is probably better posed to the idiots whining about it...
Fallacious non-reply.Are you retarded?
Yes, and you've utterly failed to grasp any of the issues.The topic is about Facebook/META...
And as you also said, Facebook wants it all ways.Like I said, there needs to be am updated section to deal with the world today. What we have now allows too many loopholes.
None; your question is fallacious.By what rationale does private property become public property just because you really really want it?
So wrong in so many ways...Consistent with the First Amendment right to freedom of association and freedom of the press.
Highly unlikely, but key legal questions have yet to be settled.Facebook is at liberty to edit its content as it sees fit – including removing rightwing racism, bigotry and hate along with rightwing misinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies.
The standard liberal mantra.Don’t like it – then don’t participate.
It's not a freedom of association issue, and private entities such as Facebook are on very thin ice when discrimating against left and right wing speech.Wrong.
Freedom of association is the right to exclude whomever an organization so desires – see BSA v. Dale (2000).
Facebook cannot be compelled by government to accommodate rightwing racism, bigotry, and hate speech.
SCOTUS must ultimately settle it.Nonsense – this is as ignorant as it is wrong.
See above.The ‘town square’ metaphor is completely devoid of merit.
Not necessarily.The ‘town square’ is just that: government property, the public sector subject to free speech and freedom of assembly jurisprudence.
Private accommodation of public speech.Facebook is private property, not public.
Not necessarily in privately owned public gathering places.The doctrine of free speech concerns solely the relationship between government and those governed,
See above.not between or among private persons and private entities – such as private social media.
The issue is actually their accommodation of the public square, but SCOTUS must decide this once and for all.Facebook is publically traded. By what sense are you calling them private?
In what way? Facebook is private property. Just because it's a popular hang out spot doesn't mean you get to decide it belongs to the commons, whatever that means in this context.None; your question is fallacious.
Are your positions so weak that you cannot defend them?
In every way.In what way?
It's a private entity accommodating public speech.Facebook is private property.
SCOTUS must ultimately determine the issue if Facebook doesn't make changes.Just because it's a popular hang out spot doesn't mean you get to decide it belongs to the commons, whatever that means in this context.
It isn't.Let's suppose Facebook was someone's house
See above.and it was the most popular house in your neighborhood.
See above.Every night they're hosting dinners and game nights.
Idiotic comparison.Sunday brunches. And most of the neighborhood shows up. It's the hot spot. If the owners decide, for whatever reason that they don't like you and don't want you over for their get togethers you don't get to decide their house is now the "commons".
You're an idiot in all of them I'd imagine.In what world?
Your shit & straw man argument is fantasy (and idiocy), yes.You clowns really are a bunch of cosplayers because that shit is fantasy.
Projection.Grow up.
Your ignorance is matched only by your hatred of freedom, fairness and the law.It's legal for people to not like you and not want you to play with their toys.
You don't have a rational argument. All you have are angry and impotent demands. Scotus doesn't have to do shit and neither does Facebook. What do you mean it's a private entity accommodating public speech? Your speech on Facebook isn't public. I'm not on Facebook, I can't see what you post there. I have to sign up for Facebook and agree to their terms of service before I can post on Facebook or read what others post on Facebook. When did you ever have to do that when you were in a public space? Facebook is like a private club not the park you walk your dog in, not the town square and the commons.In every way.
It's a private entity accommodating public speech.
SCOTUS must ultimately determine the issue if Facebook doesn't make changes.
It isn't.
See above.
See above.
Idiotic comparison.
You're an idiot in all of them I'd imagine.
Your shit & straw man argument is fantasy (and idiocy), yes.
Projection.
Your ignorance is matched only by your hatred of freedom, fairness and the law.
Also wrong.
Facebook – and all social media – is not government, it has neither the power nor authority to ‘silence’ anyone; social media cannot enact laws, it cannot subject citizens to punitive measures, it has no authority to restrict or preempt speech; only government has such authority.
And the notion that Facebook is ‘fascist’ is a lie – the internet is infinite, with ample other means of communication.
Indeed, there are millions of individuals who have no Facebook account and have unlimited access to information online and who are at complete liberty to communicate online.
No one is being ‘silenced’ by Facebook.
