Re:Things from leaked audio of Mark Zuckerberg and his emplo...
by triceratops on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:17PM
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> Platforms have protections while they act as a free and open forum. This protection ceases to exist the time you start fiddling with the content
This is a popular belief among people who feel some viewpoints are being "censored" but it has no basis in law or reality. My cynical perspective is that if enough people spread this lie, it will become true in the court of public opinion, which is what the people being "censored" are hoping for. (the scare quotes are because "censorship" is a scary word used in place of "moderation" or "community management" or "spam removal")
Platforms are 100% allowed to take down material that they find objectionable for whatever reason.
This is a popular belief among people who feel some viewpoints are being "censored" but it has no basis in law or reality. My cynical perspective is that if enough people spread this lie, it will become true in the court of public opinion, which is what the people being "censored" are hoping for. (the scare quotes are because "censorship" is a scary word used in place of "moderation" or "community management" or "spam removal")
Platforms are 100% allowed to take down material that they find objectionable for whatever reason.
The other reply to your comment has posted a link to the actual law: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23408218. I'd encourage you to take a look.