Twitter not censoring now

[John A.]

I suppose all of the congressional hearings that's been going on about censorship and the likes, looks like twitter is wide open right now.

Here are a few that I thought I would share that a guy I know wrote.



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[Bobster]

I need to start trolling some of these Senators. I'm "Mr Warm" @warmlivehands I'm not Jewish so I can't really tell Jewish jokes or holocaust camparos...

 

[carbinemike]

I think they are all squirming since Zuckerburg admitted that FB is responsible for the content on their site. That makes him a publisher. That would put FB in a world of hurt

From Ben Shapiro...

First, he acknowledged the problem of political bias at Facebook, explaining that Silicon Valley “is an extremely left-leaning place…I think it is a fair concern that people would at least wonder.” Second, under pressure from Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, Zuckerberg acknowledged that Facebook is “responsible for the content” posted on the platform.
In making both those statements, Zuckerberg may have put his company in a world of hurt legally. Platforms are generally not responsible for the material placed on them – for example, AT&T is not responsible for the content of calls made using AT&T phone lines. But publishers are responsible for such material – if a newspaper publishes an op-ed containing slanderous material, the newspaper could be held legally responsible.
So, how many slanderous Facebook posts are published per minute on the social media network? How many un-copyrighted photos make their way to Facebook? If courts decide to treat Facebook as a publisher rather than as a platform, they’re suddenly subject to tens of millions of dollars in legal liability, at minimum.