Re:The Florida Deplatforming Law Is Unconstitutional
by WarOnPrivacy on Thursday May 06, 2021 @04:44PM
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> If Twitter is like a public entity managing a town square,
This confuses two different uses of 'public'.
Twitter is a publicly held company - it's shares are held by the people who bought them.
Town square implies Gov owned property, that is set aside for the use of everyone.
> Should FB be transparent? And NextDoor? Then the public should be able see the data.
I would very much like to see public-manipulation data be made available. To mandate this w/o causing broader harms would require a great deal of time and deliberation by people who are actually qualified to do so.
This confuses two different uses of 'public'.
Twitter is a publicly held company - it's shares are held by the people who bought them.
Town square implies Gov owned property, that is set aside for the use of everyone.
> Should FB be transparent? And NextDoor? Then the public should be able see the data.
I would very much like to see public-manipulation data be made available. To mandate this w/o causing broader harms would require a great deal of time and deliberation by people who are actually qualified to do so.