Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
by dd36 on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:15AM
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This outrage over a private company having the freedom to choose what it sells feels contrived.
Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
by morlockabove on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:00AM
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They're a publically traded monopoly marketplace with special legal protection from being sued. I would be fine with them being forced to act like what they pretend to be- a commons, a market.
The freedom of a giant, monopolistic company is not aligned with the freedom of humans.
We already have precedents for conpanies being forced to impartiality- utilities. Ebay's a utility, the modern large-scale version of the ground a flea market sits on.
Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
by dd36 on Friday March 05, 2021 @09:06AM
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No. Ebay is not a monopoly nor does it have special legal protections.
Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
by morlockabove on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:40PM
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Section 230
I do think, however, that the current situation is no longer acceptable. I don't know whether as a society we should consider some sort of limit on influence a given company has, but that is actually what is needed. If Ebay was a corner store, I would not give half a shit that it stopped carrying Seuss. When a publicly traded company does it, it quickly becomes problematic.