[semimojo]

If a social-media company chooses to continue censoring, they will be exposed to ruinous lawsuits. That’s got to make a difference.

I'm sure Jim would agree.

FR is protected by exactly the same Section 230 and is going to subject to everything in this EO that Twitter is.

No more deleted posts and no more zots.

[poconopundit]

FR is protected by exactly the same Section 230 and is going to subject to everything in this EO that Twitter is.

No more deleted posts and no more zots.

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NO! What’s a poor guy like Humblegunner going to do?!

Seriously, I’m not sure you’ve got that right. Free Republic is a closed community. It doesn’t pretend to be open to the public for commenting. The large social media firms are operating quite different.

Somebody please comment on this. Cheers.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

That is a complication. However, there’s a big difference between $ multi-billion tech giants, with many millions of subscribers; and a not-for-profit site with well under a million members, who largely share a common ideology. There must be a way that ends the biased censorship of the tech giants while enabling FR (and its wicked step-sister, DU) to continue as before.

[TermLimits4All]

“If a social-media company chooses to continue censoring, they will be exposed to ruinous lawsuits. That’s got to make a difference. I’m sure Jim would agree.
FR is protected by exactly the same Section 230 and is going to subject to everything in this EO that Twitter is.
No more deleted posts and no more zots.”

The easy fix for this would be for all those who donate to become monthly subscribers. Then Jim still gets the revenue, people still get posts deleted for blatant violations but become an even more open forum of viewpoints. I think a subscription would change the legal dynamics but I am no lawyer.

[Zhang Fei]

[No more deleted posts and no more zots.]

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I don’t actually have a problem with that. The problem we have today is that Free Republic is one of the few outlets we have for expressing views that would be zotted on other forums. The real problem is that this might actually increase the dominance of the major liberal platforms, as right-wing commenters are suddenly able to air their views to the biggest audience. I expect Breitbart’s prominence has done a number on Free Republic’s Alexa ranking. Opening up Twitter and Facebook would further sink that ranking. As a shareholder in both, I’m actually a big fan of the removal of censorship. I think it would increase both platform traffic and ad revenues.