Web Censorship and Political Bias

#601
#601
volfanhill said:
Proof they only fact check one way? Under their terms of service they should delete his account. They aren’t bc he’s the POTUS. How about he not be an asshat?
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I don’t care what he tweets. I’m saying that deleting posts that criticize the Chinese Communists or banning people for telling laid off journalists to learn to code or people who question the COViD death numbers isn’t right. No one should be banned or have posts deleted on social media unless they are making direct threats or are pure spam
And I’ve seen several examples of liberal tweets that aren’t “fact checked”. Including the ones saying things like the dog walker chick was attempting to kill that dude via calling police, or that “Trump said all Mexicans are rapists” or even a NYT editor saying “I hate white people so much”
 
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#602
#602
volfanhill said:
Proof they only fact check one way? Under their terms of service they should delete his account. They aren’t bc he’s the POTUS. How about he not be an asshat?
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Up until now, Twitter has granted Donald Trump preferential treatment. He has spread fake news (under its true definition), and malicious lies and he has promoted multiple, debunked conspiracy theories. That appears to be changing. It's way over due. You are correct. Twitter would not have tolerated Trump's conduct for as long as they have, if he wasn't a famous person.
 
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#603
Rickyvol77 said:
I don’t care what he tweets. I’m saying that deleting posts that criticize the Chinese Communists or banning people for telling laid off journalists to learn to code or people who question the COViD death numbers isn’t right. No one should be banned or have posts deleted on social media unless they are making direct threats or are pure spam
And I’ve seen several examples of liberal tweets that aren’t “fact checked”. Including the ones saying things like the dog walker chick was attempting to kill that dude via calling police, or that “Trump said all Mexicans are rapists” or even a NYT editor saying “I hare white people so much”
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They are a private company they can delete whatever they want from their platform. And almost all of what you said is deleting opinions. They can delete those too. But Trump has a huge tendency of posting bull crap. And it’s totally unacceptable for him to go after Scarborough like this. He is the damn POTUS. Demand some sort of decorum from him. No POTUS in our history plays the victim card like he does. He’s not strong. He is weak minded. His social media is all the proof you need to know that.
 
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BigOrangeD said:
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Donald Trump is a habitual whiner. He is always playing the victim card. Those tweets are hysterical. Trump has no authority to shutdown private companies, or to dictate terms of service to them. Trump comes across as advocating for bigger government and more governmental intrusion and overreach in those tweets. Curiously, the right-wing seems to be cheering him on for that. Isn't less regulation and smaller government what Republicans are in favor of? That's not what Trump is advocating for in those tweets.
 
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#608
Rickyvol77 said:
I don’t care what he tweets. I’m saying that deleting posts that criticize the Chinese Communists or banning people for telling laid off journalists to learn to code or people who question the COViD death numbers isn’t right. No one should be banned or have posts deleted on social media unless they are making direct threats or are pure spam
And I’ve seen several examples of liberal tweets that aren’t “fact checked”. Including the ones saying things like the dog walker chick was attempting to kill that dude via calling police, or that “Trump said all Mexicans are rapists” or even a NYT editor saying “I hate white people so much”
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I think that if a company is in partnership with the government or using public funds then the government should be able to say no censorship, but If not, they should be able to make their own rules and do as they please. If POTUS doesn't like it, he should start his own platform.
 
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#609
Sandman 423 said:
I think that if a company is in partnership with the government or using public funds then the government should be able to say no censorship, but If not, they should be able to make their own rules and do as they please. If POTUS doesn't like it, he should start his own platform.
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Well said... and 100% accurate.
 
#612
#612
BowlBrother85 said:
Donald Trump is a habitual whiner. He is always playing the victim card. Those tweets are hysterical. Trump has no authority to shutdown private companies, or to dictate terms of service to them. Trump comes across as advocating for bigger government and more governmental intrusion and overreach in those tweets. Curiously, the right-wing seems to be cheering him on for that. Isn't less regulation and smaller government what Republicans are in favor of? That's not what Trump is advocating for in those tweets.
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You whine way too much BB. Grow up girl.:)
 
#620
#620
BigOrangeD said:
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Twitter employees are entitled to dislike Donald Trump if they want to. They are also entitled to be liberal Democrats. Twitter is a private company. Twitter has the right to dictate their own terms of service, and exclude whomever they wish from using their service. Just as Freak can ban anyone from VolNation, Twitter executives can ban anyone from tweeting. That is not a violation of the 1st Amendment, because once again, Twitter is a private company. If Republicans have a problem with how Twitter operates, they should start their own social media platform and try to directly compete against Twitter. Trump saying that he might shut Twitter down does nothing but show what a complete idiot he really is. He doesn't understand the limitations of his authority.
 
#621
#621
BigOrangeD said:
Don't care. You are not worthy. You defend the criminals and attack the good guys.
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Which criminals have I defended? Which good guy have I attacked?

Be careful or we'll have to start fact checking your posts and include a disclaimer
 
#622
#622
BigOrangeD said:
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James Woods is ignorant too. The 1st Amendment was meant to protect free speech from being impeded by the government... not by private companies such as Twitter. If Twitter executives don't want conspiracy theories being spread on their platform, then they have every right to ban a user who refuses to comply with that term of service. They are a private company, after all. Why is that concept so hard for Republicans to understand?
 
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#624
#624
BigOrangeD said:
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Just to be clear, James Woods is suggesting in order to protect the 1st amendment rights of Americans, he thinks the .gov should censor and regulate open speech on social media.

Is that what this bozo is implying?

If Donnie Exotic doesn't like Twitter fact checking him, he can delete his account. His approval numbers would probably spike.
 
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#625
Septic said:
Just to be clear, James Woods is suggesting in order to protect the 1st amendment rights of Americans, he thinks the .gov should censor and regulate open speech on social media.

Is that what this bozo is implying?

If Donnie Exotic doesn't like Twitter fact checking him, he can delete his account. His approval numbers would probably spike.
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James Woods is just plain dumb. The problem is very basic. The 1st Amendment does not apply to censorship from private companies. A private company is allowed to censor it's users. A private company is allowed to limit membership and exclude whomever they want. A private company is allowed to dictate their own terms of service. Freak wasn't in violation of the 1st Amendment when he banned tumscalcium from being a member of this site. Remember him? Yeah, he got the boot and it was perfectly legal.
 
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