House representative warns Twitter execs they could go to jail; FBI responds to allegations of censo

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  1. dixon76710

    dixon76710 Well-Known Member

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    I dont mind government requesting mean and vulgar tweets directed at individuals be removed. I have a big problem with government requesting tweets be removed as a part of their disinformation campaign.
     
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    They have no Constitutional authority to regulate speech whatsoever. Period. End of story.

    The only instance in which speech becomes subject to government intervention is threats, sedition, incitement, or plagiarism (which might be subject to civil legal action).

    Someone saying something you don't like because you think it is mean has no standing.
     
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    Imagine that, a North Korean defector attending an Ivy League school says the indoctrination curriculum is exactly the same as in North Korea.

    Makes an American lefty proud, no??

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/north...d-learned-woke-ivy-league-school-brainwashing
     
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    grapeape Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So has the right changed their position from private companies having the right to do what they want with thier companies ?

    Or the right to free speech for those posting on those platforms ?
     
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    Request arent "regulations". We can see in this instance her tweet remained until she decided to delete it.
    And I wouldnt be opposed to prohibiting people in government from making such requests. Especially since weve seen that requests from Bidens campaign were granted by Twitter and Trumps were ignored.
     
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    EXACTLY. Nowadays, the Liberals are no better than the far right if not worse the past few years.
     
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    What we're into is the definition of fascism, i.e. the government and private sector working in concert to manipulate and control society.

    As for "requesting" vs regulating, Twitter enjoys protection from section 230.

    If they are going to specifically tailor their content and in effect advocate positions for/agin, then they should not have section 230 protection.
     
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    Well, there is that necessary and proper clause along with a few other things the Constitution says. But the Department of Education does not fund schools per se. Its primary responsibility is managing the student loan programs. It also does research on educational standards based on "weights and measurements" which has been expanded onto standards such as our use of the imperial standard nationwide or educational standards nationwide. But it does not fund curriculum or dictate to states on how to manage their programs unless it violates the substantial due process clause or other national laws such as the 1964 Civil Rights act for instance.

    Even Ronald Reagan understood this when he left office in 1989. In the end, he made some substantial policy changes in education with mixed results. He basically made education a business, run like a business. But the Department is Constitutional on its limits of what it does and does not do.
     
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    There is free speech, commercial speech, and limitations to speech that the Supreme Court has ruled. If you are a student using property belonging to the school, the school has every right to limit that use of equipment and what it can allow on its school newspaper or website. Commercial speech is also limited. it is not free speech and can face much greater scrutiny than pure free speech. Free speech, even political speech, can be limited if it is encouraging people to harm others or to incite violence, and others. In this case, this type of speech is specifically listes as "not free speech."
     
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    Did that happen?
     
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    Bidens campaign wasn’t govt.
     
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    Hillsdale doesn't.
     
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    Engaging in a criminal conspiracy to violate the rights of Americans is a felony.

    The War On Musk: Lying Fake News Disinformation Bezo's Rag, Washington Post Slammed Over Twitter Hit Piece

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    'If you are to control speech on social media, it must be complete and total... Musk shattered that unified front and, with it, the ability to maintain approved narratives...'

    'Musk became a hunted man when he sought to restore free speech protections to social media. The media regularly offers him little quarter or consideration. However, what was most striking was that the underlying controversy was Musk’s targeting of “bots” in his restructuring of Twitter.'

    Pro-Bot Lying Fake News Disinformation News Media

    The Lying Disinformation Clowns Within the Left are very Crypto-friendly: “Even before he bought Twitter, Musk emphasized the site’s need to crack down on spam and bots, particularly those shilling cryptocurrency.”

    The Lying Disinformation Artists within the Left didn't like that.

    'Musk has been pushin engineers to remove certain algorithms and combat bots to restore the company’s transparency and integrity.'

    'Bots and AI systems, however, have a growing alliance' with the Lying Fake News Information Ilk in Washington.

    'Democrat leaders have called for algorithms to control what Free Citizens access on the internet. In 2021, Pretendian Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for algorithms to be created to protect people from their own bad choices. She was upset that people were not listening to the views of herself and 'experts'. Instead, they were reading views of skeptics by searching Amazon and finding books by “prominent spreaders of misinformation.” She denounced Amazon and declared that “this pattern and practice of misbehavior suggests that Amazon is either unwilling or unable to modify its business practices to prevent the spread of falsehoods or the sale of inappropriate products.” She gave the company 14 days to change its algorithms to throttle and obstruct efforts to read opposing views.'

    Yeah, she did that.

    More recently, Fat Bill Gates went “full Borg” 'calling for AI to stop certain views from being “magnified by digital channels.” The problem is that we allow “various conspiracy theories like QAnon or whatever to be blasted out by people who wanted to believe those things.” Gates added that AI can combat “political polarization” by checking “confirmation bias.”'

    'Elon Musk did not “reinvent” Twitter as much as restore Twitter to what it was. However, there is a reinvention of journalism in a new and more menacing image.'

    We're grateful to Musk for shattering the tightening grip over our Free Speech.
     
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    He thinks he is god because he is from the government. Typical authoritarian butt-hole.
     
  15. Think for myself

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    That seems odd.
     

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