Trump to end liability protections for "social media outlets" with Executive Order

[devil21]

You are wrong. Right now they can cause me damages and the law protects them from retaliation. I cant burn the twitter down if twitter burns down my life figuratively or literally. They have a defense from litigation if they cause me damages others are not awarded.

You don't get what's going on but I don't think you want to, either. No point in arguing with you further. I'm sure this will end well and Trump is looking out for you. Have a nice day.

[nikcers]

You don't get what's going on but I don't think you want to, either. No point in arguing with you further. I'm sure this will end well and Trump is looking out for you. Have a nice day.

You dont want to argue the policy so orange man bad. Get rid of all of the FCC and legislative monopolies or let it be fair.

[kahless]

How have you not noticed that the general population doesn't pay detailed attention to anything like this?

When it is the lock down, economy and job loss effecting them they pay attention. Don't be fooled by the wealthy and secure that have time to post or that are paid to post on social media.

It is as if the news media and politicians have no clue what is going on right now in this country. Combined with police abuse riots this can turn nationally bad quickly.

[nikcers]

Wonder if this is going to effect RPF since I doubt the WH approves of this site.

Obviously Trump is going after twitter and fedbook in order to get to RPF. He wouldn't be so dumb to tweet about the website he doesnt want everyone to know about it.

[devil21]

From the link:



I see the logic here, and I am never in favor of providing "legal immunity" for anything by decree, but I would think Big Tech will take this. I think they all have $BILLIONS in cash reserves, so why not give up their Section 230 protection and just keep doing what they are doing?

That's a neocon group. Easiest way to see what a org is really about is to research their executives and board members bios and look for the common links that show where their ideologies meet up. In that case, connections to neocon politicians and Catholic (Jesuit) educations are predominant.

[CCTelander]

Who gave the Narcissist-in-Chief the authority to rewrite legislation?

Cheeto Caesar can do anything. He's that good.

[Sonny Tufts]

From the link:

"Platforms have speech rights, too. Twitter, for example, is well within its rights to censor or otherwise restrict a user’s speech — even the President of the United States. But if Twitter wants to engage in that censorship, they should not be receiving a special subsidy from the federal government in the form of immunity from civil liability."

What got Trump's panties all in a wad was Twitter's audacity to put a fact-check link on his tweets about mail-in ballots. This does not amount to censoring or restricting Trump's speech, meddling in the election, or any other paranoid fantasy the Narcissist-in-Chief dreams up.

[TheCount]

I'm wondering how exposure to lawsuits will make social media moderate less rather than more.

[nikcers]

From the link:



I see the logic here, and I am never in favor of providing "legal immunity" for anything by decree, but I would think Big Tech will take this. I think they all have $BILLIONS in cash reserves, so why not give up their Section 230 protection and just keep doing what they are doing?

Thats the worst logic ever they dont want to give up legal immunity that they helped legislate lol. Why lobby for things you dont want?

[nikcers]

I'm wondering how exposure to lawsuits will make social media moderate less rather than more.

If it ruins their reputation thata fine with me. Right now partisan social media and speech manipulation is considered a conspiracy theory. People trust the social media big companies just because they are not government even though they are often given legislative monopolies or funded in large by local and foreign governments.

[Created4]

That's a neocon group. Easiest way to see what a org is really about is to research their executives and board members bios and look for the common links that show where their ideologies meet up. In that case, connections to neocon politicians and Catholic (Jesuit) educations are predominant.

I already knew that. So what's your point? I was commenting on the actual "leaked" draft.

[Created4]

Thats the worst logic ever they dont want to give up legal immunity that they helped legislate lol. Why lobby for things you dont want?

Your lecturing someone here on RPF about logic?? Most of your posts are not even coherent.

The logic most certainly does make sense if they want to continue being the puppet of the CIA and whoever else is controlling the narrative, because fighting lawsuits is just money, and that is easily printed....

[nikcers]

Your lecturing someone here on RPF about logic?? Most of your posts are not even coherent.

The logic most certainly does make sense if they want to continue being the puppet of the CIA and whoever else is controlling the narrative, because fighting lawsuits is just money, and that is easily printed....

Reported.

[nikcers]

I am tired of foreign governments $#@!ing with my rights using corporations as a proxy. $#@! the EU and chicoms and their apologists.

[acptulsa]

Your lecturing someone here on RPF about logic?? Most of your posts are not even coherent.

The logic most certainly does make sense if they want to continue being the puppet of the CIA and whoever else is controlling the narrative, because fighting lawsuits is just money, and that is easily printed....

Reported.

For what? He didn't insult anyone. He just pointed out a rather obvious fact.

[Created4]

For what? He didn't insult anyone. He just pointed out a rather obvious fact.

Quid pro quo. He said my statement was "the worst logic," and I honestly stated that sometimes I read some of his posts several times to try to figure out what he is saying, and often just give up and move on.

Don't dish it if you can't take it....

[CCTelander]

For what? He didn't insult anyone. He just pointed out a rather obvious fact.

The butthurt is strong in that one.

[nikcers]

Quid pro quo. He said my statement was "the worst logic," and I honestly stated that sometimes I read some of his posts several times to try to figure out what he is saying, and often just give up and move on.

Don't dish it if you can't take it....

-neg rep

[acptulsa]

-neg rep

Behaving in a petty and vindictive manner is one thing. Publicly bragging about it is another matter entirely.

[nikcers]

Behaving in a petty and vindictive manner is one thing. Publicly bragging about it is another matter entirely.

I believe in freedoms. You can have your international corporations and corporations can be people but i draw the line when foreign governments force international companies to censor speech in order to propagate their international political agenda effectively censoring my speech and ideas. If such corporations want to give up legal protection and leave my $#@!ing country all together i would be more than happy. $#@! the globalists.

[Created4]

Behaving in a petty and vindictive manner is one thing. Publicly bragging about it is another matter entirely.

I didn't even get a negative rep lol! Not sure what this person's motivation is here, but it is strange....

[nikcers]

I didn't even get a negative rep lol! Not sure what this person's motivation is here, but it is strange....

Lol kind of like Trump didnt issue an executive order to police internet speech on social media like ron paul forums if they criticized him. I guess we will find out if this thread is deleted tomorrow.

[Swordsmyth]

Who gave the Narcissist-in-Chief the authority to rewrite legislation?

He isn't, he's enforcing the law.
You can't be a publisher and a platform.

[acptulsa]

I didn't even get a negative rep lol! Not sure what this person's motivation is here, but it is strange....

Oh, well. He did.

What was that tale about the boy who cried, "Wolf!"?

[Created4]

Oh, well. He did.

What was that tale about the boy who cried, "Wolf!"?

Well if he did, I didn't see it. I don't even remember how those work as I have not had one since Angela left...

[acptulsa]

Well if he did, I didn't see it. I don't even remember how those work as I have not had one since Angela left...

No, he got a neg rep.

[Dr.3D]

-neg rep

-neg rep is a +rep if it works like math.

[nikcers]

-neg rep is a +rep if it works like math.

I didnt mean it as a negative but a dash. I +repped them. Why do people got to interpret something wrongly just because they hate me?? Is it so they can justify the hatred because they like to hate and like how it feels? Is that really a logical way to think in order to get your hate fix?

[Brian4Liberty]

Trump should use Gab or some other alternative. It would be the single biggest action that could be taken to introduce some competition to the current popular social media cabal.

Some people are also recommending "Parler".

What is Parler?

The site was launched in 2018 by libertarian business owner John Matze as a so-called “free speech” alternative to Twitter, one that would allow smaller websites to capture and grow their own engagement without having to work within Twitter’s rules and revenue structures.
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https://www.dailydot.com/debug/what-...ial-media-app/

[acptulsa]

-neg rep

I didnt mean it as a negative but a dash. I +repped them. Why do people got to interpret something wrongly just because they hate me?? Is it so they can justify the hatred because they like to hate and like how it feels? Is that really a logical way to think in order to get your hate fix?

Gee, I'm sorry I so completely misinterpreted "neg". Must be short for something I wasn't expecting. Is that a National Energy Guarantee rep?