I agree with that. Trumpers, Alt-Righters, Nazis like to argue that they are publishers and not a f'n app.
Nunes suing Twitter
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Lije dog said. It is to get into discovery and get them to publicize their procedures.
The rub then is that they become a publisher when they direct the type of messages they allow.
Is he suing TNT for editing movies that they air? Twitter is a private company. They can choose to censor what they want. That's the long and short of it. If he wants to somehow regulate that industry, he's in Congress. He could introduce a bill to force that kind of regulation. This is a publicity stunt.
They are exempted from libel in most cases because they are not the publisher if the content on their platform. When they censor with bias and allow others to slander do they become a publisher. That is the point of the suit. That is the long and short of it. It doesnt matter what you or I think. He is testing their exemption in court and a judge will decide if it is legit.
But why is a sitting Congressman using the courts to write laws? He has the power to regulate this through the legislative branch, or at least attempt to do that.
Why are you concerned about it? You guys have assured everyone it won’t go anywhere. It probably won’t. I don’t think it will either, but that doesn’t take away from what he is attempting to do whether you disagree with it or not.
How is he writing the law? The law is written. He is asking the court to determine the legality of their actions based on the law.
I'm not concerned about it. I am noting that this is a case of a congressman suing to get the courts to regulate a private company's practices. That's something he could do at his day job. I can have an opinion about a topic without being "concerned".
If I write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, and the letter is not put into print, can I sue? That's censorship by a private entity. And heaven forbid that they print a letter to the editor that is exactly counter to the opinion expressed in mine. Come see the oppression inherent in the system!
There is no guarantee when you write a letter to the esitor that it will be published. You are however free to tweet on twitter as long as you follow their terms of service without having your tweets deleted or your account shadowbanned.
That's not really a good analogy Mule. Take Youtube for example. If Pedo Bob posts a Chris Hansen "Have a seat" pedo video, and Youtube does nothing to take it down, then yes, Youtube can be held responsible for allowing it.
What if you're black, like country, and they don't print the letter because your black? Can you sue then?
Maybe we will eventually see political class established as a protected class like we do race, religion, etc.
10 years is fair.
Louisiana AG talking about big tech breakups. If you can get past the accent, this isn't a bad interview from CNBC.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/...eral-jeff-landry-on-breaking-up-big-tech.html
We're going to have to agree to disagree. That's awful. As a PS - why is Nunes doing this lawsuit again? Discovery? Wouldn't AGs or Congress be quicker?
Is that Nunes wife? I don't get it? What does that have to do with this thread?
He was there last September. Don’t remember anything since then. If he did, hold him in contempt, no?
