Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u...
by Bud on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:50PM
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Not remotely comparable. In the early TV era, there was no realistic and comparable alternative venue for the speech being censored.
In the modern internet era, of course, there are dozens or hundreds of credible alternative ways to disseminate your speech.
Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u...
by CamperBob2 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:38PM
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Not comparable. If television censors didn't do their jobs, the FCC would have revoked their station licenses.
Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u...
by riffic on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:42PM
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Not only did you have to worry about the FCC, the advertisers would have ran away.
This is still very much a concern when it comes to why Twitter enforces the rules it has on the books.
Re:Twitter takeover battle: Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey turn u...
by BurningFrog on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:32AM
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That's what makes it government censorship
Content moderation is exactly what television censors did. Most people would agree that’s censorship — it’s right there in the name.