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I'm about tired of hearing the bullshit excuse from the Right that the First Amendment doesn't apply to Twitter/Facebook/Google/et al because they're private corporations.
The Bill of Rights isn't just a list of thou-shalt-nots for Government. It's an enshrinement of American principles. If a corporation is unwilling to hold these Truths as sacred then, if nothing else, it should be recognized as anti-American and governed as a potential foreign enemy.
These corporations are all publicly traded companies. They may not be government organizations but they certainly aren't private either. They exist in a gray area but they're more public than private.
Corporations are not natural persons. They are legal fictions created by government and bestowed with whatever privileges the government/people wish them to have. The rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights are rights bestowed upon natural persons by their Creator, Nature's God. They are not granted by Government. As such, these legal fictions are not entitled to any of the protections afforded by the Constitution, regardless of what the fuckwads in the SC said in Citizen's United.
So no. Corporations are not entitled to ignore the Bill of Rights because they're "private" companies. They exist by the will of the People and if they're going to shit on the highest American values then they are anti-America and their status as a corporation and all the benefits of that standing should be revoked and the corporation dissolved.
Well that but they are also provided "Platform" protections based on an agreement that they put into place years ago. Without that (Being a Platform for content creators to spread their message) - they would be liable for the thoughts, views, content, etc that were spread via their platform. This is why they grew so much.
They should be retroactively sued for every time they deplatformed somebody based off their definition of "Fair". Not their call.
The problem with these companies is a lot of the tech and algorithms were developed using black project money. Have you done any research on Lifelog Project and how it ended the same day Facebook came into existence?
I get you're mad about "private property" rights, but what a lot of anons have come to find out is these companies that masquerade as privately created companies in all actuality were public from their fruition.Using public funding to develop the product and then turning around and creating a public company to both control the public square space and make money at same time.
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[–] WightRarebit 1 point 9 points 10 points (+10|-1) ago
I'm about tired of hearing the bullshit excuse from the Right that the First Amendment doesn't apply to Twitter/Facebook/Google/et al because they're private corporations.
The Bill of Rights isn't just a list of thou-shalt-nots for Government. It's an enshrinement of American principles. If a corporation is unwilling to hold these Truths as sacred then, if nothing else, it should be recognized as anti-American and governed as a potential foreign enemy.
These corporations are all publicly traded companies. They may not be government organizations but they certainly aren't private either. They exist in a gray area but they're more public than private.
Corporations are not natural persons. They are legal fictions created by government and bestowed with whatever privileges the government/people wish them to have. The rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights are rights bestowed upon natural persons by their Creator, Nature's God. They are not granted by Government. As such, these legal fictions are not entitled to any of the protections afforded by the Constitution, regardless of what the fuckwads in the SC said in Citizen's United.
So no. Corporations are not entitled to ignore the Bill of Rights because they're "private" companies. They exist by the will of the People and if they're going to shit on the highest American values then they are anti-America and their status as a corporation and all the benefits of that standing should be revoked and the corporation dissolved.
[–] GrizzlyDark 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Well that but they are also provided "Platform" protections based on an agreement that they put into place years ago. Without that (Being a Platform for content creators to spread their message) - they would be liable for the thoughts, views, content, etc that were spread via their platform. This is why they grew so much.
They should be retroactively sued for every time they deplatformed somebody based off their definition of "Fair". Not their call.
[–] Smells_Like_Tacos ago
Should be sued into closure.
[–] LakotaPride [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Patriot this is the propaganda they pushed, what is amazing how silent Fake News MSM is about our rights being violated on we the people.
[–] johnjacobjingle 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The problem with these companies is a lot of the tech and algorithms were developed using black project money. Have you done any research on Lifelog Project and how it ended the same day Facebook came into existence?
I get you're mad about "private property" rights, but what a lot of anons have come to find out is these companies that masquerade as privately created companies in all actuality were public from their fruition.Using public funding to develop the product and then turning around and creating a public company to both control the public square space and make money at same time.