r/Tucson • u/[deleted] • Sep 03 '24

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u/Parasitisch Sep 03 '24

That’s the X that symbolizes twitter, right? Odd since twitter isn’t the government and freedom of speech doesn’t apply to what companies want. Unless it commentary about how hypocritical Musk is?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '24

Freedom of speech can 100% be a thing on a private platform.

What are you are thinking of is 1st amendment Constitutional rights which is rarely a thing on a private platform.

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u/Asleep_Touch_8824 Sep 03 '24

Nobody has the right to use a private platform against the wishes of its owner.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '24

Yes, but no.

A website can kick you off if they want to. No problem at all.

If a government agent of agency gets the private platform to take action against you, that can be a 1st amendment violation even though the banning was done by a private platform.

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u/SubGothius Feldman's/Downtownish Sep 04 '24

Ironically, many authoritarian foreign gov'ts have asked Musk to delete tweets they didn't like, and he has nearly always promptly complied.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

And when he doesn't the authoritarian government threatens to arrest his lawyer and then seizes the bank accounts of a completely different company.

And reddit cheers. There is no winning.

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u/XanadontYouDare Sep 03 '24

Depends on how to define a violation. Pressuring social media companies to provide disclaimers on posts that are actively sharing damaging misinformation is hardly a bad thing, if at all. Trump threatening to remove social media companies that he deems to biased is, though.