Not wishing for anything. Just telling you the way it is.
There are certain businesses that do have restrictions on how they can deny service.
But this is not really about a business denying service. Almost any business can deny service under certain conditions.
However this is a case where a very large group of businesses banded together and banished a particular user of their services, and that they did so by a secret agreement.
This is not like the Red Hen where Sanders could go across the street to another.
This like a person whose economic survival depends on world travel and he finds that he is banned from all airlines, all ocean ship lines, all railroads and all U-Drive-It companies.
And that all banks refuse to recognize his credit card and so advise all of their merchants.
The nut case CEO of FaceBook is already banning people that can't be faulted for anything other than their political convictions.
Jones will end up very rich.
I repeat: I am not wishing for anything. Just telling it the way it is.
It is time for the DOJ to enforce the restraint of trade and anti-monopoly laws. But even if they do not, the offended have the option of the civil courts.
Actually it’s a very small group of very large businesses. And so what. There’s a whole lotta internet out there. Actually it is just like the Red Hen, Jones CAN take his business elsewhere. Facebook is NOT the only social media site, Apple is NOT the only podcast source, Youtube is NOT the only video site.
Jones isn’t going to wind up rich from this. If he sues he will lose. It’s right there in the EULAs, all these places assume ownership of content you put on their site. It is theirs to do with as they please. They can redistribute it, they can sell it, they can cull it for information, and they can delete it. What they did he, or his representatives, AGREED they could do. They are free to ban your content ANYTIME, cause it’s their site, and you agreed to it in the EULA. There is no restraint of trade, and they aren’t monopolies. The DOJ won’t touch this.