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Twitter CEO just cleared up why Alex Jones isn’t banned
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Should police reports be sent to Facebook to ensure bad guys get their social media profiles banned?
Banning people for actions that didn't take place on the platform..
You know.. like the post I was responding to talked about.
They are using the platform to advertise a racist organization that tries to convince people that school shootings are hoaxes.
You do know that pedophiles aren't allowed on Facebook (for example), right?
For the thousandth time, that shit isn't censorship. Why can't people get that?
Twitter can do whatever it wants, as they seem to be doing, but they are being pure shitheels. They are trying to avoid any/all responsibility as a platform.
No, it 100% isn't.
Just because I don't want you on my platform, or refuse to publish your book, blog, podcast, etc. doesn't mean it is censorship. At all.
I guess if I violate the ToS of ERA and post links to piracy, that is censorship.
No I had no idea. How is that enforced? They proactively ban people on the registry?
Do you think that should be expanded? Should Mike Tyson be allowed on Facebook? (Convicted rapist)
Enforcing all this seems to be a crazy line..
Jack is a trash excuse for a human being. It'll be a good day when his toxic hate ridden platform goes offline forever.
Yes.. it is. That is literally what censorship is.
I'm not going to debate this. Consult a dictionary.
If Facebook does not want a convicted rapist on their site, they can ban him from it.
And that is within their right. It is not censorship.
And no, banning FUCKING NAZIS from your website is not a "crazy line."
If you aren't going to debate it, then don't put it out there bro.
Am I being censored if I knowingly violate ERA's ToS and post links to piracy thus getting banned for it? Newsflash, that isn't censorship. That is exactly what is occurring, he is violating ToS, you can disagree with it...but guess what, still doesn't make it censorship.
Censorship is something that effectively requires the government, i.e. that book, article, picture, etc. is banned from publication, full stop. No one says I have to publish it under my own publishing house.
People need to stop being lazy as fuck and stop using the platforms they're complaining about. You're just being a huge fucking hypocrite(with CEOs shrugging) when people are still using their services.
Anyone who thinks this is a free speech issue is either
- An idiot
- A disingenuous Alex Jones fan
- Both
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I'm not going to debate a dictionary definition. Words have meanings.
I never said they didn't have a right to censor. Facebook and twitter can do whatever they want. I didn't say it was a freedom of speech issue. I just don't think it's the correct way to go about things.
That's it.
Communication - good
No communication - bad
Love is the only way.
That's it.. that's all.
I never said they didn't have a right to censor. Facebook and twitter can do whatever they want. I didn't say it was a freedom of speech issue. I just don't think it's the correct way to go about things.
That's it.
Communication - good
No communication - bad
Love is the only way.
That's it.. that's all.
It's not.
You don't debate at all.
You just troll and ask questions. That's not debating you moron.
Twitter facilitates echo chambers by allowing hate propaganda and hate propagandists
2 and 1 go hand in hand even though i would not call em idiots that would be an insult to actual idiots.
The "marketplace of ideas" is essentially like a grocery store selling food and poison that are indistinguishable from each other and saying don't worry after it's consumed we'll know which was which
I mean.. I can't believe I have to do this..
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by a government or private institution.
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by a government or private institution.
No you have to do something really awful to get banned from Twitter like changing your screen name to Elon Musk.
Oh, there is no doubt they have been. It's comical they are trying to hide behind, hey it's your job to discredit it. I mean, just pause for a brief moment and think about the ramifications of that. I can post damn near any crazy crap on Twitter and it should be the job of others to refute it. Bold approach.
You know you lost when you gotta go with "but the dictionary!" haha
No, having rules is not censorship, or everyone is being "censored" all the time
I'm sure if we said the stuff Alex Jones says about the Sandy Hook parents about Jack we'd all be banned in short order.
What you seem to be missing is Alex Jones' speech isn't being suppressed. He is still able to make said speech, he just cannot do it on my platform.
I wrote a book, I demand that Random House publish it, if they don't is that censorship? Shit isn't hard man.
And that is called private censorship or corporate censorship..
Lul. Seriously, I can't even.
Its censorship because random publisher refuses to publish my book. Talk about words losing all meaning.
Censorship would be not allowing him to say those horrible things in the first place, not banning him for saying those horrible things. Consequences ain't censorship.
Corporate censorship is censorship by corporations, the sanctioning of speech by spokespersons, employees, and business associates by threat of monetary loss, loss of employment, or loss of access to the marketplace.
So everyone has to listen to every viewpoint an opinion at all times on all platforms no matter the personal expense or situation, or else they are being censored
What world are you living in
What is wrong with you where you would this deeply go to bat for racists who harass the parents of dead children?
To support people like that in the case of them getting banned from a social media platform means you need to rethink your priorities.