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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by donny2018 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:27AM (#25830300)
Private companies’ freedom to define how their platforms are used should depend on the “private company” growing out of its niche and becoming what’s basically a public utility, a railroad owning one of the very few means of information delivery. Then, I think, different regulations should apply. I don’t know how this is going to be implemented in real life though. We clearly see that Twitter and FAANG have power to shut down such attempts and even more so after entering a mutually beneficial symbiosis with certain political groups. It’s hard to see where this is going.
Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by notatoad on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:47AM (#25830420)
> freedom... should depend

I completely agree with you. But the point I was trying to make wasn't what the limits on freedom should be, just that people need to accept that there will be limits on freedom and agree on what those limits should be ahead of time, rather than pretending freedom is a thing that can be unlimited and then after we get into a situation where it can't be, trying to roll back freedoms we thought we had.