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Trump says he is suing Twitter, Facebook, Google and CEOs Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai

ooo that is possibly a good suit actually... if they can prove facebook did this at the behest of the government, or in any way their decisions were affected by government, that actually could be seen as a breach of the 1st.

Sure. IF they can prove Facebook did this for the government. The "what if" is used a lot by Trump and his supporters.

- Wasn't Trump still President , hence part of the Government when Facebook and others locked him out?
- What were the rules Trump agreed to when he set up his Facebook account? Seems private platforms have a right to establish content rules. Even DP has things you cannot post on this site.
 
Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and tiktok ect can ban, suspend, delete etc anybody they want for whatever reason within the scope of the law, this their right and its their property. Just like DP or you with your own web page.

What legal justification is there to to punish me, violate my rights and force me against my will to allow people on my property just because im popular?
 
Well, his lawyers make money. I can see why he went bankrupt so many times, he likes to waste money (if he pays them)
Only if Trump pays their bill, which is iffy.
 
Should the government force private companies to allow content they do not want to show/broadcast etc?

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The two dudes who have taken over the Rush Limbaugh show really like this latest lawsuit from Trump.
 
No way in hell that is going to fly without evidence that Facebook was “censoring” on behalf of or in consult with government actors. That line right there might just be the end of this lawsuit.
Ok, I read the suit. It's baseless. It claims FB et al are violating his 1st Amendment right. There is no such right with a private company when a member violates their terms of service, which is a contract.
 
Ok, I read the suit. It's baseless. It claims FB et al are violating his 1st Amendment right. There is no such right with a private company when a member violates their terms of service, which is a contract.
Exactly. So unless Zuck is banning people because some politician tells him to then this is a waste of the court’s time.
 
In the category of stupidest lawsuits, the former president goes all in and is suing facebook, google and twitter for... get this... violations of the 1st amendment... LMAO...




This whole charade will end just before all three of them depose him.
 
If Facebook decided to ban all pictures of dogs I would not care. Facebook is a private company with competition out there in the social media sphere. So they can in my opinion do whatever they want, consumers can go somewhere else if they do not like it
But the reality is that the information is gathered and disseminated by three like-minded people and they can censor or promote whatever they choose. They also, through Google, control much of the past. They will have you thinking whatever they want you to think, and are doing it now.

Trump may or may not win this Quixotic attempt but it should bring the issue to the public and to the new Congress. It's a monopoly.
 
Yuck it up all you want, but justices on the Supreme court have already been discussing the issue in their speeches and interviews. They say even though these companies use 230 to hide behind in their flagrant censorship trampling the First Amendment, that it is time to classify them as utilities.
Links to this need to be provided. These companies are not utilities. That would not last long at all. You can live without Facebook and Twitter and any other form of social media. If they all went away, people would still be able to communicate just fine.

Should people be allowed to use your house to display their movies on if you allow your friends to do it on the side of your house? What if you have the best house in the city for doing this on? Should they be forced to show any movie they want to on the side of your building, even if you disapprove of that movie? If you owned a karaoke bar and allowed people time on the mic to share a poem or talk about something in their lives, but not to talk about politics, or perhaps just certain issues, should they be forced to allow you to discuss those issues using their platform since they allow other things up there?
 
But the reality is that the information is gathered and disseminated by three like-minded people and they can censor or promote whatever they choose. They also, through Google, control much of the past. They will have you thinking whatever they want you to think, and are doing it now.

Trump may or may not win this Quixotic attempt but it should bring the issue to the public and to the new Congress. It's a monopoly.

LOL.... What do you think congress will do? Repeal section 230? All that does it make these companies litigate each claim, it does nothing to remove any editorial control.
 
I don’t care if Trump wins but I hope these arrogant CEOs pay through the nose for censoring content.
It's their platform that they don't charge users -- but users have to follow the rules (term of service.)
If I walk into Trump Tower and become a disturbance, they can throw me out of the door. Likewise, Trump was a disturbance and posting dangerous content. Twitter threw him out the door.
 
Links to this need to be provided. These companies are not utilities. That would not last long at all. You can live without Facebook and Twitter and any other form of social media. If they all went away, people would still be able to communicate just fine.

Should people be allowed to use your house to display their movies on if you allow your friends to do it on the side of your house? What if you have the best house in the city for doing this on? Should they be forced to show any movie they want to on the side of your building, even if you disapprove of that movie? If you owned a karaoke bar and allowed people time on the mic to share a poem or talk about something in their lives, but not to talk about politics, or perhaps just certain issues, should they be forced to allow you to discuss those issues using their platform since they allow other things up there?


I believe there is a strong argument that the ISP's are a utility, far more than websites...
 
But the reality is that the information is gathered and disseminated by three like-minded people and they can censor or promote whatever they choose. They also, through Google, control much of the past. They will have you thinking whatever they want you to think, and are doing it now.

Trump may or may not win this Quixotic attempt but it should bring the issue to the public and to the new Congress. It's a monopoly.

What about other search engines? You do not have to use Google.
 
Sure. IF they can prove Facebook did this for the government. The "what if" is used a lot by Trump and his supporters.

- Wasn't Trump still President , hence part of the Government when Facebook and others locked him out?
- What were the rules Trump agreed to when he set up his Facebook account? Seems private platforms have a right to establish content rules. Even DP has things you cannot post on this site.
If Trump was interested in posting here do you think DP would ban him? You have to be very powerful to do that and Zuckerberg is clearly more powerful than any US President. The Triad could also bump Biden any time they want.
 
If Trump was interested in posting here do you think DP would ban him? You have to be very powerful to do that and Zuckerberg is clearly more powerful than any US President. The Triad could also bump Biden any time they want.
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I believe there is a strong argument that the ISP's are a utility, far more than websites...
The ISPs are a utility, easily. The websites are not. But ISPs only provide basically internet access, basically an (at least one) IP address to go with your modem/router or theirs that connects you to other places on the internet.
 
If Trump was interested in posting here do you think DP would ban him? You have to be very powerful to do that and Zuckerberg is clearly more powerful than any US President. The Triad could also bump Biden any time they want.
How would they know it was Trump? Why wouldn't they ban him if he broke the rules?
 
If Trump was interested in posting here do you think DP would ban him? You have to be very powerful to do that and Zuckerberg is clearly more powerful than any US President. The Triad could also bump Biden any time they want.

Yes, if he broke the rules and racked up enough points. Just like anyone else.
 
LOL.... What do you think congress will do? Repeal section 230? All that does it make these companies litigate each claim, it does nothing to remove any editorial control.
They may do what they did with other former monopolies, such as Standard Oil and AT&T., That's the end game.

Do you think that having a near monopoly on news and opinion serves the public interest?
 
Exactly. So unless Zuck is banning people because some politician tells him to then this is a waste of the court’s time.
In fact it is the biggest issue of the day.
 
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