Trump threatens to crack down on social media platforms

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(05-28-2020, 04:02 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Here's where Trump haters run into problems.  Just because he's a buffoon doesn't mean he's always completely off point.  Social media has protections based on the assumption that they are a platform for the views of others, not a content creator.  If you are a platform then you need to be an equal opportunity platform, much like the baker who was censured for not making a gay wedding cake your rules must apply equally.  If you are not enforcing terms of service in an equal manner than you are, by definition, discriminating, something  I think we can all agree is wrong.  That this is actually happening has been demonstrated on numerous occasions; e.g. person reports tweet flaming men and said tweet is not censured.  Same person tweets exact same quote replacing "men" with "women" and is censured.  I absolutely understand that there is a human element to this but I think there is a very credible argument to be made that TOS is not equally applied on many social media platforms.

There is a human element to it, which is why the concept of the president using a private social media site as his main way of addressing the populace he is sworn to serve (those he hasn't blocked, at least) is downright wacky.

Also, I'll admit I know nothing about Twitter, but I'd assume they are biased towards the rich and influential like everyone else.