Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims

Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by stjohnswarts on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:18PM (#24795979)

But it's okay, because they own the platform. the people on twitter complaining about it are free to start their own twitter-like platform. It's a great country that allows this.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by phkahler on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:37PM (#24796112)

If they want to take that stance, they should also be held liable for anything posted to "their" platform, from porn to slander, fake news, and any personal insults.

They are trying to claim control only when it suits them and not when there may be liability. Can't have it both ways.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by mehwoot on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:42PM (#24796526)

If they want to take that stance, they should also be held liable for

Why? I pick up a piece of rubbish from the ground, so I'm responsible for everything that anyone litters? It doesn't make any sense.

Twitter isn't claiming they prevent every type of bad on their platform, they're just trying to prevent one type of bad for now

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by phkahler on Saturday October 17, 2020 @07:34PM (#24814301)

Don't compare the whole world to private property. When someone comes along and complains "Hey you censored my post" their response amounts to "We control over what is acceptable on our site". At that point haven't they just taken responsibility for all the content on their site? I suppose they could claim they're going to censor certain things on certain high profile accounts as a policy for [reasons]. Maybe?

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by ethanwillis on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:38PM (#24796876)

Bad analogy, corporations aren't citizens.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by mehwoot on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:33AM (#24797497)

Could you explain why corporations are responsible for everything on their platform if they police it to any extent?

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by nostrebored on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:54AM (#24797914)

Because policing content based on political opinion is editorializing.

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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by debaserab2 on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:16AM (#24801013)

Actually...

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