Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
by X6S1x6Okd1st on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:20PM
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The speech is legal, it just breaks a contract between two parities in the US. It's a far cry from a discussion around what kind of speech is acceptable in a public square.
Twitter is using a privileged position to protect it's own IP. It's fine for a company to do, but just doesn't really sit with "we're just running a public square for the good of the world"
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
by Thorentis on Saturday November 05, 2022 @05:55AM
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But by this logic we'd have to argue that Wikileaks is a public square. Real public squares have police, and those police have a mandate by the people to enforce contract law and private property law.
This is why hate speech I think is a much more controversial topic than copyright.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
by rainbowzootsuit on Saturday November 05, 2022 @07:25AM
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Continuing that, i think that normally the ball would get rolling with some kind of civil suit. The police aren't judge and jury on contract law just doing blanket enforcement of that on their own. The police might have to enforce a court order sometime later.
This is, to me, more like your neighbor ripping down your derogatory sign about them because he doesn't like what it says, and the neighbor happens to also be your boss and landlord.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
by X6S1x6Okd1st on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @08:34PM
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Why do you think police enforce "contact law" I.e. civil law?
It is usually illegal or in breach of contract to share internal company communications. This isn't the "gotcha" you're looking for.