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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

Question: As this is no longer a neutral platform, what would be the legal implications? Is Twitter still a neutral carrier (or whatever the proper term is) and enjoys far-reaching legal protections for this?

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 43 points 4 months ago

There is no such thing as a "neutral carrier" for social media. It's a made-up concept used to pretend that a social media site isn't allowed to be partisan.

There are zero legal ramifications for making Twitter as partisan as musk wants.

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 27 points 4 months ago

Funny how the "free speech" guy bought Twitter and made it more biased and authoritarian than it has ever been.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Sure, he's an asshole and a hypocrite. But there's nothing "illegal" about it.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

This is literally every "free speech" guy, with the possible exception of Julian Assange.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Which part of “free speech (for me)” is hard to understand?

[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id -2 points 4 months ago

Authoritarian? Definitely.

More biased? Be real, It's just as biased, but just in the other direction post-musk.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I really don't feel like it was extremely biased to the left before lol.

[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 1 points 4 months ago

I dunno, I think it was pretty blatantly one sided. I have to assume most people who agree with the bias don't tend to see it around them though.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I just remember arguing with wacko right wingers more then I liked lmao. Here we have a photographer getting banned, on old Twitter you had Alex Jones (and that took many years) or people literally throwing out casual violence who got banned.

[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 1 points 4 months ago

That's definitely fair.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

Nothing. Private company can block whoever they want from using their service. Doesn't impact section 230 protections.

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