Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by Mirioron on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:35PM
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I think private platforms could act as the town square as long as we demand that platforms beyond a certain size can't just censor whatever they like. Make protections in section 230 of the communications decency act dependent on providing a platform for free speech if the platform is large.
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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by justinmchase on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:03PM
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I think it should just be based on the sing-up model. If you allow open signup then you don't get to censor those users.
If you want to be able to control their speech then make them sign a contract and agree to pay them money.
It should just straight up not be legal for facebook to ban, block or delete the content of certain users while also having an open sign up model.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar...
by throwawayjava on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:11PM
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This would kill millions of completely apolitical websites with strong user communities.