Posted on 02/24/2024 5:53:49 PM PST by thecodont
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a pair of cases out of Texas and Florida that could force major social media platforms to carry posts from Donald Trump or others who lie about elections being stolen or obliquely encourage election-related violence. A ruling in favor of these states would turn the First Amendment upside down and create the conditions for undermining American democracy. If there wasn’t so much else swirling around our elections and democracy right now, this case would be commanding everyone’s attention.
Moody v. NetChoice LLC and NetChoice LLC v. Paxton arise out of the actions that Facebook, Twitter (now X), and other social media companies took in removing Trump from their platforms after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump had been relentlessly calling the 2020 election results into question despite having no reliable evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities. In an infamous tweet in December 2020, he encouraged his supporters to come to Washington for “wild” protests on Jan. 6, the day that Congress would be counting the states’ Electoral College votes to confirm Joe Biden as the election victor. After Trump and his supporters spoke in speeches on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, a crowd stormed the Capitol. The violent incident left 140 law enforcement officers injured (four later died by suicide) and four protesters dead. After Trump failed to immediately condemn the violence and call for the siege to end, the platforms had enough, determining that Trump had violated their terms of service and needed to be removed.
In response to the removal of Trump and concern over what they call “censorship” of conservatives, Florida and Texas each passed laws that make content moderation difficult if not impossible for major social media companies.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
I don’t have much faith in the Supreme Court.
Slate? Barf
Written like a true libtard panicked out of their mind at the demise of Libtardism
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: “We want censorship!”
To summarize the article, the only way to protect your freedoms are to remove your freedoms.
Barf is right, but it's what a lot of clueless Dem voters out there are eating for breakfast.
One recently told me "I can't imagine why those Trump supporters are paying his legal fees, I guess there's no reasoning with them."
This guy is scared to death that social media platforms may not be able to censor conservatives.
And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under GOD...
Precisely. Need that censorship to preserve "our democracy" lest the voters start to think critically.
The disregarded caveat against the “misinformation” censors is true free speech means that speech venues are open to opposing views, and that, not censorship” is 100% of what free speech means - so and so says one thing and you have the right and ability to say no that’s not true; and that, not censorship is all the right media platforms should have.
To hell with Slate. This is a pack of lies.
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a pair of cases out of Texas and Florida that could force major social media platforms to carry posts from Donald Trump or others ... A ruling in favor of these states would turn the First Amendment upside down ....how ?.....
...undermining American democracy...which doesnt exist cuz we have a republic.!
this urinalist is whack.
A ruling in favor of these states would turn the First Amendment upside down
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Huh?
I have more faith in SCOTUS than Slate
This Slate piece is so full of lies that it’s just ridiculous.
The ultimate in gaslighting. Please.
And the Supreme Court has shown itself to be irrelevant.
Yea but, Trump DID immediately call for peace on Jan 6 …
“I know your pain, I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don’t want anybody hurt.
It’s a very tough period of time. There’s never been a time like this where such a thing happened where they could take it away from all of us — from me, from you, from our country. This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You’re very special. You’ve seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil.
I know how you feel, but go home, and go home in peace.”
Yea but, Trump DID immediately call for peace on Jan 6 …
“I know your pain, I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don’t want anybody hurt.
It’s a very tough period of time. There’s never been a time like this where such a thing happened where they could take it away from all of us — from me, from you, from our country. This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You’re very special. You’ve seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil.
I know how you feel, but go home, and go home in peace.”
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You know it, I know it, anyone who was watching that day knows and remembers what Trump said. However, these fearmongers are counting on everyone forgetting (if they were watching at all) or only counting on the mainstream media filtered version of events.
THANK YOU!👍
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