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The Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether Facebook, Twitter can censor users
CNBC ^ | 10/16/2018 | Tucker Higgins

Posted on 10/17/2018 1:05:33 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy

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To: DouglasKC

What happens if you don’t state your political preference, but it is assumed based on algorithms?

FWIW, Facebook has me listed as “very conservative” based on things that I “liked”, not on anything that I wrote, because I’ve never written anything political on that website. In the past, I posted photos of me and family, or maybe wildlife photos that I’d taken. Once I saw that they designated me as “very conservative”, I stopped posting and reacting to other people’s posts. They lost me that day.


81 posted on 10/17/2018 7:05:22 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Forgotten Amendments

***And it’s all free!***

Nothing in this world is free! There is ALWAYS a COST!!


82 posted on 10/17/2018 7:08:12 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: DouglasKC
FreeRepublic is done if they rule that they can’t censor users for political opinions.

Why would Free Republic be "done" if liberals were allowed to post here?

Personally, I think Jim ought to let liberals post here. I don't think they'd enjoy it much. Liberals need safe spaces and filters. Their ideas can't stand up to scrutiny. They'd come here with their talking points and without the protection of safe spaces and speech codes and get demolished.

Free Republic would do just fine.

83 posted on 10/17/2018 7:51:10 PM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ll post some Facist Book Burning Social Media research to ‘all’.


84 posted on 10/18/2018 1:24:04 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (News and poltiicians who ignore James O'Keefe are fake and evil.)
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To: All

We need legislation to either bust up these monopolies or to enforce fairness.

Social Media: Facist Book Burners

Let’s kick it off with this outrage:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3696604/posts

Facebook maliciously destroys $315,000 investment.

An investment made by triple amputee war hero.

“Why?”

Virtual ‘book burning’.

Facists and despots used to burn books. Now they delete social media accounts or zot search engine positioning.

And I bet the time value invested was worth a heck of a lot more than the green value.

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Massive, coordinated social media PURGE silences hundreds of conservative, libertarian channels

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3696825/posts

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30 million on Facebook Breached

Facebook Hack: FBI Doesn’t Want Users to Know Who Was Behind Data Breach

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3696550/posts

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Pastor Andrew Brunson suspended on Twitter 2 days after release from Turkey (vanity)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3696640/posts

That’s right. He’s meeting Trump, so ban his Christian [bleep].

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Soros-funded Media Matters virtually admits it’s behind Facebook’s purge of political pages

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3696256/posts

On Friday, the George Soros-funded Media Matters for America virtually admitted it was directing a purge of more than 800 Facebook pages and accounts. It noted that Facebook shut down a bunch of pages run by “fake news” outlets on Thursday. But then said the social media giant missed some. Would not be surprised to see those “missed” sites shut down soon. [snip]

According to MMFA, sites that discuss terrorism and the plague of illegal immigration are necessarily “anti-immigrant” and “racist.” That is their bias. Media Matters plants disinformation daily, and this is just more of it. If Facebook follows their recommendations, that will be prima facie evidence that this thing is rigged. [snip]

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85 posted on 10/18/2018 1:25:42 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (News and poltiicians who ignore James O'Keefe are fake and evil.)
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To: lurk; Rusty0604; Syncro; Impy

Twitter says it won’t suspend Louis Farrakhan over tweet comparing Jews to termites

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3697546/posts

Juxtopose that with this!

Pastor Andrew Brunson suspended on Twitter 2 days after release from Turkey (vanity)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3696640/posts

That’s right. He’s meeting Trump, so ban his Christian [bleep].


86 posted on 10/18/2018 1:31:04 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (News and poltiicians who ignore James O'Keefe are fake and evil.)
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To: willk

Maybe they can be labeled as Political PACS....what the Hell - Roberts relabeled an illegal penalty as a tax...


87 posted on 10/18/2018 2:36:14 AM PDT by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...)
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To: willk

I disagree, on the grounds that Alphabet has a virtual monopoly on social media. That’s what anti-trust laws are for. Either the company maintains its monopoly but is forced to allow all content, or it gets broken up. If Jack Phillips controlled every bakery in America, I’d want him to make the same decision. But he doesn’t, luckily. When you have a monopoly on something and then turn around and deny it to certain people, it’s no different than the government denying citizens their rights.


88 posted on 10/18/2018 4:47:25 AM PDT by Mafe
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"I have a problem with them not enforcing their terms of service for a long period of time and then dropping the hammer just before a critical election."

"That’s election tampering."

Worth repeating -- and emphasizing.

TXnMA
 

89 posted on 10/18/2018 5:03:22 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Islam": Satan's invading army. "Muslims": Satan's useful idiots.)
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To: Pravious
"Should they be allowed to simply omit whatever news doesn’t suit their leftist agenda, or misreport facts?"

That's pretty much what most of them do now anyway. The problem is that they and their Demonrat enablers don't like competition from the new media raining on their little Socialist/Marxist/Progressive parade and spoiling their narrative with the sheeple.

90 posted on 10/18/2018 5:16:33 AM PDT by Desron13 (Inside every progressive is a petty tyrant straining to break free.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I have a problem with them not enforcing their terms of service for a long period of time and then dropping the hammer just before a critical election.

Not to mention their TOS seems applicable only to conservatives. There’s countless examples on Twitter of the vilest comments made by liberals allowed to stand while conservatives are banned at the whim of Jack Dorsey for the slightest transgressions, or none at all.

91 posted on 10/18/2018 5:30:48 AM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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To: willk

“I’m not sure how this can be a free speech issue being that these are private companies.”

So, lunch counters can refuse to serve blacks?


92 posted on 10/18/2018 5:39:27 AM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March; All

The termite remare of course was cover for the heavy duty anti-Sematic remark made recently.

Yes like I have said before, FB and twitter are operating as Political Action Committees and as such should be shut down until they do the proper paperwork to register as a PAC

If as they are not censoring leftist thought and accounts no action would be taken.)

And be fined billions of dollars (chump change to them but it would send a message)


93 posted on 10/18/2018 11:23:29 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: willk

See my post #93

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3697511/posts?page=93#93

They are operating as a PAC- FB and twitter and Google Alphabet


94 posted on 10/18/2018 11:26:28 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Syncro; Publius; Strac6; maddog55; Godebert; freedomjusticeruleoflaw; John Valentine; Cboldt; ...

I very much doubt that Facebook or Twitter admit that they have any bias other than being anti-racist, etc. That is breech of contract — people invested a lot of time in building up their accounts. Some spent a lot of money.

[But obviously I’m no lawyer.]


95 posted on 10/19/2018 4:29:02 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (News and poltiicians who ignore James O'Keefe are fake and evil.)
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To: tbw2

‘They’re redefining terms so that offensive and unacceptable refers to polite repeating of conservative views.’

Excellent point. People should be allowed to sue according to the time they invested in building up their accounts as well as advertising.

Leftist crudeness and near-terrorism is ignored.


96 posted on 10/19/2018 4:30:58 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (News and poltiicians who ignore James O'Keefe are fake and evil.)
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To: discostu

GAB is a good example of another social media service. Both Google and Apple have banned it from their app stores, so it will never have a following. Wait until the ISP’s start banning ‘hate’ sites. It’s coming..


97 posted on 10/19/2018 5:09:07 AM PDT by bigtoona (Make America Great Again! America First!)
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To: bigtoona

GAB has 310,000 users. For less 2 years old that ain’t horrible.


98 posted on 10/19/2018 7:40:33 AM PDT by discostu (Every gun makes its own tune.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Oh no they will not admit their bias towards the left and against conservatism.

Not a lawyer? But you can play one on the internet plus remember as the dog said while at his computer to his friend
no one knows you are a dog on the internets.


99 posted on 10/19/2018 2:51:27 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Syncro

Lawyers speak a fair amount of Latin. They find out in a hurry if someone is posing. It’s almost like being a Catholic clergyman back in the Dark Ages.


100 posted on 10/20/2018 12:46:46 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (News and poltiicians who ignore James O'Keefe are fake and evil.)
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