Web Censorship and Political Bias

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Grand Vol said:
Uh huh.

Didn't he clerk in the SCOTUS? Has been mentioned as a SCOTUS Justice from time to time?

Seems like he'd be fairly smart for such a thing. I mean, you've never mentioned getting nominated for such a thing. I suppose his intellect is greater than thou.
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There is a difference between law book smarts, and general intellect. Kid with highest grades in my law school class could not get a job coming out of school because in interviews he managed to piss off everyone. Worst thing was, his ego made it impossible for him to see why that was happening.

Same with Cruz. He speaks authoritatively, but his points are obvious and he deals poorly with anyone pointing that out. Yet, he always comes across as condescending and absolutist in his thinking. Neither of which are good traits.
 
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Velo Vol said:
So what if they are?
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If Twitter, FB, Google, etc censor whatever they want at their discretion and it doesn't scare you, then you are crazy. It hasn't bothered you yet, because Dems have taken win at all costs to a whole new level. If we keep allowing it you will eventually be affected. A political party in control of all sources of media quickly becomes an authoritative figure. It really is mind-blowing how the left has cried fascism for years when they are within striking distance of achieving it.
 
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lawgator1 said:
There is a difference between law book smarts, and general intellect. Kid with highest grades in my law school class could not get a job coming out of school because in interviews he managed to piss off everyone. Worst thing was, his ego made it impossible for him to see why that was happening.

Same with Cruz. He speaks authoritatively, but his points are obvious and he deals poorly with anyone pointing that out. Yet, he always comes across as condescending and absolutist in his thinking. Neither of which are good traits.
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As usual you are
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Perhaps make Cruz a nickname as well?
 
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I found Dorsey's insistence that Twitter in no way effects the election as interesting. His argument is that people have options for information so no one platform has influence.

If true, then the censoring doesn't really matter though they say it is top priority with regard to election related materials. Also, calls into question claimed Russian impact on 2016 given these platforms have no impact on elections.
 
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lawgator1 said:
GOP a little thin-skinned maybe?
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No way, don't you know they're the party of the super tough, never triggered, stoics of America? They would never do anything like demand people like them or whine about the unfairness of the media, big tech, etc. Never.
 
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volinbham said:
I found Dorsey's insistence that Twitter in no way effects the election as interesting. His argument is that people have options for information so no one platform has influence.

If true, then the censoring doesn't really matter though they say it is top priority with regard to election related materials. Also, calls into question claimed Russian impact on 2016 given these platforms have no impact on elections.
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When he said that I hoped someone would call him on why he views his criteria of misinformation so important to enforce. If Twitter can't sway voters, then why worry about the "misinformation"?
 
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Tyler Durden said:
No way, don't you know they're the party of the super tough, never triggered, stoics of America? They would never do anything like demand people like them or whine about the unfairness of the media, big tech, etc. Never.
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Their entire argument is dumb and will lead to unintended consequences. If you can start telling social media what to publish and what not to publish because you think they are biased against the right, then does that mean that someone with progressive ideas has the right to go in and tell Fox News what it can and cannot say?

Fox News can just as easily be chastised for failure to highlight news about Trump's financial problems, their efforts to explain it away, their efforts to dumb it down to help him. Maybe we ought to be censoring that.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Their entire argument is dumb and will lead to unintended consequences. If you can start telling social media what to publish and what not to publish because you think they are biased against the right, then does that mean that someone with progressive ideas has the right to go in and tell Fox News what it can and cannot say?

Fox News can just as easily be chastised for failure to highlight news about Trump's financial problems, their efforts to explain it away, their efforts to dumb it down to help him. Maybe we ought to be censoring that.
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Fox News isn't a social media platform. That wouldn't make any sense.
 
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utvols88 said:
When he said that I hoped someone would call him on why he views his criteria of misinformation so important to enforce. If Twitter can't sway voters, then why worry about the "misinformation"?
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Yep - particularly their "misinformation policy" specifically focuses on the election and public health. It can't both matter and not matter at the same time
 
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lawgator1 said:
Their entire argument is dumb and will lead to unintended consequences. If you can start telling social media what to publish and what not to publish because you think they are biased against the right, then does that mean that someone with progressive ideas has the right to go in and tell Fox News what it can and cannot say?

Fox News can just as easily be chastised for failure to highlight news about Trump's financial problems, their efforts to explain it away, their efforts to dumb it down to help him. Maybe we ought to be censoring that.
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Fox like all other media has liability for what they put on their platform. Twitter, FB, etc claim exemption from such liability since they claim no editorial control.
 
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lawgator1 said:
The issue however is public figures. They basically can't sue anyway.
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depends on what you say about them

also the liability extends to harm done to others resulting from bad information on your platform.

I'm not a fan of revoking Sec 203 for social media but they are almost begging to have it revoked as they make more and more editorial decisions on the content they allow and in particular that they label.
 
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volinbham said:
depends on what you say about them

also the liability extends to harm done to others resulting from bad information on your platform.

I'm not a fan of revoking Sec 203 for social media but they are almost begging to have it revoked as they make more and more editorial decisions on the content they allow and in particular that they label.
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The side that feels aggrieved will always claim that the decider of which information to put out there (newspaper, internet, on social media, a blog, the side of a bus, a blimp, etc) will always claim that the decider deserves to or is about to lose the right to do so.

Meh. Not going to happen.

But hey, its a good fundraising technique. Why do you think at every Trump rally he points to the cameras and the back and calls them fake and his like-minded folks go nuts and donate more? Its a show.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Their entire argument is dumb and will lead to unintended consequences. If you can start telling social media what to publish and what not to publish because you think they are biased against the right, then does that mean that someone with progressive ideas has the right to go in and tell Fox News what it can and cannot say?

Fox News can just as easily be chastised for failure to highlight news about Trump's financial problems, their efforts to explain it away, their efforts to dumb it down to help him. Maybe we ought to be censoring that.
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Lmao I can't believe you don't understand this.
 
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Advocates for censorship. I can condemn people trying to get others fired for comments. They can't even do that.
 
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