Twitter UNDER INVESTIGATION for shadow banning conservatives! (Iran, interviews, parade)

[NomadicDrifter]

Originally Posted by RedZin

Not the kind of control he's talking about.

Even the kind of he's talking about - certain local jurisdictions prevent private businesses from discriminating based on political party. There are no federal regulations against this but it's possible to pass such.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by RedZin

I don't think any reasonable American citizen wants the government telling a social media outlet that they HAVE to allow posts from any particular individuals. Or that they have to allow specific types of posts.

No doubt Twitter has reasons for banning some of these accounts and those reasons fall in line with Twitter's terms of service.

You can pick and choose who you will bake a cake for but you can't pick who can post on your media.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by NomadicDrifter

Even the kind of he's talking about - certain local jurisdictions prevent private businesses from discriminating based on political party. There are no federal regulations against this but it's possible to pass such.

You'd have to prove that party is what got them banned and not some other violation of the Twitter TOS.

And, with Trump's account still open and the accounts of so many other conservatives and government officials still open, the "discriminates against conservatives" argument is not going to hold much water.

[NeutralParty]

Originally Posted by cuebald

What is amazing is that apparently he thinks Twitter is a government agency that he can control and not a private business that he cannot.

I'll bet dollars to doughnut holes he has no idea what "shadow banning" means. It's just a phrase he heard somewhere that someone told him was bad. What a freaking bozo Trumputin actually is.

^^ This.

/end thread.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by pknopp

You can pick and choose who you will bake a cake for but you can't pick who can post on your media.

Again, is it a whole class effect or what?

I say it's not in this case because if it was, Trump's account would have been banned already.

[moneill]

Trump regularly blocks Twitter users. He uses Twitter as his official communications. And he is complaining about others blocking..

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by RedZin

Again, is it a whole class effect or what?

I say it's not in this case because if it was, Trump's account would have been banned already.

Of course it isn't but it's still incredibly hypocritical..

[NomadicDrifter]

Originally Posted by RedZin

You'd have to prove that party is what got them banned and not some other violation of the Twitter TOS.

And, with Trump's account still open and the accounts of so many other conservatives and government officials still open, the "discriminates against conservatives" argument is not going to hold much water.

Since these tend to be civil suits, the burden of proof is lower. How does any discriminatory suit get proven? Same logic can be applied.

[mightleavenyc]

If Trump switched to Gab, it would be a gamechanger.

[burdell]

Well, he's too cowardly to take on Putin so it's no big surprise he needs to find someone/thing else to 'attack' with his keyboard like the coward he is. Kinda ironic he uses Twitter to whine about social media.