U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate online speech

Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by eduction on Saturday September 17, 2022 @08:04PM (#32882931)

What about the “Net Centers” in Guatemala? Don’t they use platforms like Twitter to actually harass/silence dissidents? Obviously social media isnt everything, but Morales and his backers sure showed how important it is. Or do you disagree?

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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by the_jesus_villa on Sunday September 18, 2022 @12:16PM (#32888745)

Oh completely agree. But to put this in the context of the current argument, the solution (from Twitter's perspective) would be to ban the net center accounts. And I don't think Twitter banning Net Centers would have "silenced" Jimmy Morales, for example.

Social media can definitely be used to silence people, but I don't think that's mostly what's happening (for the most part) wrt big tech banning certain controversial content on their platforms.

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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by eduction on Sunday September 18, 2022 @07:27PM (#32892436)

Well put, thanks! Interesting.

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