[ProgressingAmerica]

A lot of you know who Zuckerberg is. But I suspect not as many know about Chris Hughes. Allow me to either remind or teach you of who this schuyster is.

According to Financial Times: "After co-founding Facebook, Chris Hughes directed Barack Obama’s digital campaign for president." https://www.ft.com/content/79d09784-7117-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a

Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Is Buying 'The New Republic' https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/03/12/148247430/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-is-buying-the-new-republic

This guy is as big government as they come. All of this harassment of conservatives on social media is a scam. It is nothing but a campaign to get us to go along with bigger and bigger government. Not even just to "go along" with it. It is a campaign to get us to DEMAND it.

[gaijin]

Great post.

[gaijin]

You wrote this? These are your insights..?

You should do this more often.

[humblegunner]

How is this “news”?

[Responsibility2nd]

Social media platforms are the railroad industries of today’s 21st century. They are todays monopolies just like Ma Bell was 50 years ago.

And as such they must be regulated as any utility.

[z3n]

These guys(Facebook, twitter, etc) can't have it both ways.

Law must be put in place where they apply for and file their services as EITHER publishing, or service provider.

A service provider is protected from many of the liabilities of the content that flows through their platforms. This is because their service is a mere conduit, like a communications utility. There are public safety limits to this, but for the most part, they permit their customers and users to be the publishers of content, while they merely transmit, in effect.

A service provider cannot, however, censor customers and users, even with 'terms' or EULAs, as contract law does not pre-empt civil rights.

A Publisher may in fact control the content on their platforms how they see fit, even if they are not generating it within their organization.

A publisher, on the other hand, can and should be liable for the results of their content. They should not be protected civily or criminally if their content brings harm or loss.

THIS SHOULD BE MADE LAW!
It would solve most of the problems we have with political censorship in my opinion.

[loveliberty2]

“Whatever you do,” cried Brer Rabbit, “Don’t throw me into the briar patch.”

Manipulation, by any other name is just that. Even Brer Rabbit knew that. Surely Zuckerberg has heard the story.

[King Moonracer]

If they are going to censor conservatives, then they should be prosecuted for every vile piece of crap they leave up, especially all the hate from muzzies.