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[News] Federal judge blocks Texas state law banning "censorship" on social media platforms for violating social networks' 1st amendment right to moderate user-submitted content (archive.md)
posted 4 years ago by yvaN_ehT_nioJ 4 years ago by yvaN_ehT_nioJ +42 / -0
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– Ahaus667 39 points 4 years ago +39 / -0

The judge is arguing under the basis that social media is a publisher. Platforms are not given editorial privileges under section 230. This also completely ignores the premise that platforms are considered the public square. A federal judge legislating from the bench, again, and will never be held accountable.

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– elleand202 14 points 4 years ago +14 / -0

A federal judge legislating from the bench, again, and will never be held accountable.

Obama appointee.

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– WeedleTLiar 9 points 4 years ago +9 / -0

I think it's even simpler: corporations are not people, thus are not citizens, thus have no rights.

Everything was lost the second corporations were given personhood.

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– Assassin47 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

platforms are considered the public square

Maybe this doesn't count since it's not social media, but not long ago YouTube won a case against PragerU and the judge ruled that they are not a public square.

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– GuardianGI 19 points 4 years ago +19 / -0

In other news North Korea declares itself a person and demands its 1st amendment right to "moderate" its citizenry.

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– FuckGenderPolitics 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

The Taliban also decided they're not obligated to host LGBTQ views in Afghanistan. It would be a violation of their 1st amendment rights to prevent them from "deleting" alphabet people.

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– deleted 13 points 4 years ago +13 / -0
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– Assassin47 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

Well the idea that corporations are people is a true as a legal fiction. If you stop there it sounds perfectly logical.

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– Assassin47 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

Why do corporations even have rights? That needs to be fixed legislatively. I'd be fine with special exception given for small companies, but rights should be for humans. At some point the company becomes a separate beast independent of the employees/owners. Like when it incorporates and takes money from the public. It needs to be kept on a leash.

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– Idontevenknow 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

When you can constantly flip between which category you fall into by the case.... Maybe they should have to actually pick one to get protection? Maybe if the R party was a thing they could have done something about this? Oops, time to fundraise!

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– current_horror 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

If freedom of speech is a narrow law rather than a founding principle, then you don't really have freedom of speech.

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– GeneralBoobs 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

Yet another judge proving most aren't qualified to sit on the bench.

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– deleted 11 points 4 years ago +11 / -0

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