Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs...
by smt88 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:47PM
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> Banning people may eventually have more serious consequences closer to the "having your water cut off" situation.
This can be resolved by improving interop and competition among social media, not by forcing moderation decisions on private companies.
We do have a set of reasons you can't refuse service to people for (race, religion, etc), and if you get classified as a utility you generally have to serve everyone, so it's not exactly an exotic idea.
Some of these services are entering a more ambiguous state. Twitter and Facebook have official government communications flowing through them. Banning people may eventually have more serious consequences closer to the "having your water cut off" situation.