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[–] RageAgainstTheAmish 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

So if twitter is a private company, why is it publicly traded in the new york stock exchange?

Twitter Inc

TWTR (NYSE)

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[–] baneofretail ago 

They act as a common carrier, a forum of speech, without barriers to enter. They now must be forced to allow all speech.

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[–] klobos 3 points 2 points (+5|-3) ago 

While I'm against censorship in all its forms, this is a private company and they should be allowed to do what they want with their product. What you are supposed to do when you don't like a product is stop using it. But you can't, you're addicted to social media, celebrity gossip, following and being followed, and you are part of the most pathetic popularity contest I've ever seen. Delete your twitter account, get off facebook, stop giving views to instaham and tumblr, and move on with your life. Find a product that doesn't censor or one that isnt against your ideals and use that, or don't and live in the real world.

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[–] sakuramboo 1 point 6 points (+7|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I agree with everything you said, but so long as the company is honest about their intentions, which YouTube and Twitter aren't. If a private company wants to promote a certain political ideology, go ahead, but be honest about it. Once you start lying to your customers about what you are offering, then there is a grounds for a lawsuit.

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[–] Uncle_Tractor 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The problem with this is that some companies (or the services they provide) have grown to the point where they've more or less become part of the infrastructure. At that point, the government should be able to require them to follow certain guidelines, such as the 1st amendment.

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[–] DeadFox 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Normie outreach dude. Twitter has become the defacto town square

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[–] o0shad0o 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

A lot of the problem is intellectual property regulations. Most tech monopolies are enforced thanks to software patents. Build your own search engine, or a microblogging platform, or even an OS, and you're likely to be nibbled to death by lawyers.

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[–] RevoltNow ago 

Well, good luck with that.

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[–] ShinyVoater ago 

For the curious, the formal name of the case is Jared Taylor et al vs. Twitter, Inc and the case lookup tool is here. Unsurprisingly, nothing interesting has happened just yet(but it still might be worth it if you want to see the 350 pages of exhibits they left off their press release).

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[–] derram ago 

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=CUg5TrWzjzY :

We're Suing to End Twitter Censorship - YouTube


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[–] CowboyXero 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Suing to end censorship on Twitter is like trying to change Burma by preaching the word of God to the people there. Thus quoth Rambo "You ain't changin' anything."

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[–] james780 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

the fight is right

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[–] CowboyXero ago 

Yeah, but you're still gonna get killed. I'm just saying a boycott would be better. At least then you'd have the stock price plummet, unhappy shareholders demanding that Twitter does something to bring that stock price back up and actual change happening.

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[–] james780 [S] 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

watch the video

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[–] Rakosman 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The bakers won because baking the cake was ruled to be an art and therefore protected under freedom of expression. They would have lost if it was about refusing to sell existing items in the shop.