Posted on 08/20/2018 5:42:13 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Great idea. I wish someone could get this idea to the President. Otherwise, it looks like the Social Media companies are setting themselves up for a huge lawsuit. Since they are monopolistic, that would be a good idea. BTW, what positive function does Facebook really provide? I see our country much more divided since this mega company sprung up out of nowhere. It produces conflict, not harmony. I would love to see someone get them in court and explain what their true mission statement is, and what the actual results of their efforts are.
Excellent post. Someone needs to get this to POTUS.
Seems like a good approach.
Might be some unintended consequences that should be thought through / anticipated, always worth discussing.
Thanks.
Great post and even a greater idea......it needs to happen.
“””””””””””I see our country much more divided since this mega company sprung up out of nowhere. It produces conflict, not harmony.””””””””””””””””
One thing I learned about Facebook, it allowed me to connect with friends and relatives I hadn’t heard from in years. And I learned that many of them are still assholes which is why I lost contact with them to begin with.
Very interesting post.
The “in kind” contribution makes much sense.
The only problem is the TECH COMPANIES probably wouldn’t understand it.
As far as getting this to President Trump somebody with a Twitter account needs to send it.
"Twitter lets you know that complete strangers are a-holes. Facebook lets you know friends and family are a-holes."
Don’t fall for that. If they do that to Facebook they will do it to Free Republic. Bad idea.
FWIW, I don’t favor this approach. If the Feds want to go after social media for sonething, better bet would be going through the SEC. See if the companies are conning shareholders.
From your keyboard to the inbox at the Oval Office.
Perhaps a good first start is to stop calling these companies social media. Instead, we just call them socialist media....
I think Trump is working on it. He made at least 3 tweets about it over the weekend that I haven’t seen posted here.
Bad solution. This will invite and excuse their censorship even more, and they will continue to censor conservatives while letting the left off the hook. Actually, the consequences will fall more heavily on small conservative outfits, just as happened with broadcasting’s fairness doctrine. Do we want FR declared a social media site?
A better approach is mandatory disclosure of biased routines and conservative migration to alternate sites. Such migration will take time, but the result will be more freedom for us.
The real problem is to get the DOJ to cooperate.
With Sessions in charge, who knows?
One thing I learned about Facebook, it allowed me to connect with friends and relatives I hadn’t heard from in years. And I learned that many of them are still assholes which is why I lost contact with them to begin with.
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LOL!
Social Media is not very social.
How does this section 230 square with the HUD lawsuit against Facebook for housing discrimination? We had a thread on that here yesterday, based on a Don Surber article.
Question: How would this affect FreeRepublic???
bad analogy. There is a huge difference between a message board which FR is and a vast social media network.
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