I've never seen any public message board that does not allow links.
I have one at work that does that -but it's an internal self help forum.
Nor have I seen any forum that doesn't allow naming another forum;
but we are talking social media big player like FB and Twitter
bad words are obscenites -already answered
The sites are owned by billionaires who are trying to attract viewers. They are not thinking in constitutional terms, just financial and political. We are actually talking about censorship. It is their jobs to censor the platforms they provide? Is it unlawful to lie on their sites?
christiefan915 (05-27-2020), Jarod (05-27-2020)
It doesn't matter what you think. "Modify" gives them the right to do anything they want to it. If they change too much they will lose their customers but they have the legal right agreed to by anyone that posts to make any and all modifications they desire. This is about the legal contract you agree to when you use a media platform. Just because you don't like the contract doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It is legally enforceable and Trump would lose so fast in court it would make his head spin because he would also have to pay all court costs for Twitter's lawyers when he loses. There is no legal basis for your argument because Trump agreed to that contract.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
According to Trump the Fuhrer, he has got the right to censor when it suits his purpose.
This would be much like somebody refusing to create a wedding cake for somebody else in a storefront open to the public solely for political purposes. Do you think they have the right to refuse service?
Social Media at the Facebook level is IMHO public accommodation, and will lose lawsuits where they try to censor folks due to that particular status, they've become so successful that they are now a necessity. Now this particular website, not so much... should I obtain that kind of success with this website (unlikely considering I don't even advertise and teens will never sign up here to avoid their folks on Facebook) I will have that same issue.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
If social media interferes with the content of its posters, those posters are free to leave the platform and likely will. Facebook and Twitter only work because of the number of people willing to use it. We have seen movement from one social media platform to another over and over since the internet started. From BBS's, to AOL to Myspace to Facebook to Twitter to Snapchat and on and on. Trump is free to leave Twitter any time and move to another platform. Perhaps you can get investors and start one he would want to move to.
Their practices are the same ones that most social media have used over the years. They get to control who is on it and what they can post. When posters no longer like a platform they move on to something else.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
Jarod (05-27-2020)
Actually, it's nothing like that. Trump isn't being prevented from posting on Twitter. Rather he is being told they won't make a cake with the Nazi flag on it.
If anything Trump is being given special treatment by being allowed to make posts that would get anyone else banned from Twitter. The stronger lawsuit would be anyone else banned for doing what Trump does since they can show special treatment not being afforded to them but given to Trump.
Your belief doesn't override the legal contract agreed to by all users.Social Media at the Facebook level is IMHO public accommodation, and will lose lawsuits where they try to censor folks due to that particular status, they've become so successful that they are now a necessity. Now this particular website, not so much... should I obtain that kind of success with this website (unlikely considering I don't even advertise and teens will never sign up here to avoid their folks on Facebook) I will have that same issue.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
christiefan915 (05-27-2020)
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christiefan915 (05-27-2020)
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
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