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.

I agree that Twitter should, but I’d also add that it’s a platform that’s dominated by conservative political users and foreign government bots who currently see value in supporting American conservatives.

Add in the fact that being banned has itself become a meme and a badge of honor for conservative twitter leading to accounts intentionally violating the TOS to claim that distinction.

It’s the perfect storm for seeing more conservatives banned or suspended, and it’s partially manufactured.

I would like to see progressives fact checked, though.