'No longer acceptable' for platforms to take key decisions alone, EU Commission says https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/no-longer-acceptable-for-platforms-to-take-key-decisions-alone-eu-commission-says/
This is in reference to some large social media platforms kicking users off. Frankly, I think it’s bullshit. What about their rights not to host content that violates their ToS? Are we just throwing away the whole idea of a ToS?
As the owner/admin of a small social media server, I don’t feel any obligation to host content I disagree with. They’re contending that I could get so many users that I no longer have the right to make that decision. At that point, I’d rather burn the whole thing down than be coerced into spending my own money to give idiots a platform.
You have freedom of speech. I have the freedom not to be your soapbox.f
@tek agreed. i'm not too sympathetic to facebook and twitter myself, but it's a hell of a legal precedent to say a private company can't make decisions about what speech they promote
@wolfteeth That’s really my whole point, especially when the example speech promoted a clear and present risk of physical harm. Like if Twitter and FB can’t even be allowed to say *that’s* not OK, then turn the whole thing off and let’s start over.
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@tek @wolfteeth
Twitter is a public company traded in a public stock exchange telling their shareholder they are advocating for free speech then censoring conservatives makes no sense and I am still looking for one Trump tweet that call for violence.
BLM/Antifa on the other hand had a whole compagne on Twitter/FB called "Burn it down" and they did, so many small businesses and public buildings were destroyed yet no one was calling for deplatforming or censoring the BLM/Antifa groups. The hypocrisy is real!
