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Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by rsynnott on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:35PM (#23342987)
> Because seems to be presenting themselves as a neutral platform

Eh? Twitter bans accounts _all the time_. It hides stuff from search, and hides potentially explicit content behind an "are you sure you want to see this?" It is in no way a neutral platform. Fact-checking world leaders was originally conceived by twitter as an alternative to just banning them when they get dangerous.

Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by apostacy on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:45PM (#23343121)
> Eh? Twitter bans accounts _all the time_. It hides stuff from search, and hides potentially explicit content behind an "are you sure you want to see this?"

Right, so why are they trying to claim that they are a neutral platform then, for legal purposes, when they very clearly are not one??

Twitter responds to any lawsuits by claiming that they are a neutral disinterested platform, when they very clearly are not. They enjoy the same legal protections as the phone company, when they obviously are not at all the same!

Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc... by rsynnott on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:51PM (#23343197)
> Right, so why are they trying to claim that they are a neutral platform then, for legal purposes, when they very clearly are not one??

Where are they claiming that? There's no such requirement under the CDA (if there was, then any website with a stated political or other stance and a comments section would be in serious trouble).

> Twitter responds to any lawsuits by claiming that they are a neutral disinterested platform, when they very clearly are not.

Examples of this?

> They enjoy the same legal protections as the phone company

No, they don't. Totally different protections.