[ExI] elon on twitter

[spike at rainier66.com]

…> On Behalf Of Dave S via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] elon on twitter

 

On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 9:01 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:


In a country where free speech is codified in a document which acknowledges natural rights that predate and supersede government, we are still struggling to define the differences and similarities between a publisher and a platform.  It is all about who takes responsibility for content.

 

>…That's not true. There's no legal distinction/protection applied to "platforms":

 

  We’ll say it plainly here: there is no legal significance to labeling an online service a “platform” as opposed to a “publisher.” Yes. That’s right. There is no legal significance to labeling an online service a “platform.” Nor does the law treat online services differently based on their ideological “neutrality” or lack thereof.

 

 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-it-doesnt-matter

 

 

 

 

 

Dave, precedent matters.  Jack Dorsey was never held liable for anything posted on Twitter.  If they start leaning on Musk now, it will be clear that Twitter is an extension of government power.  If Twitter is a defacto extension of government, then the first amendment applies to Twitter, in which case it cannot legally censor views it doesn’t like.

 

It is a complicated question, I will certainly grant you that.

 

If Twitter users make death threats or posts an illegal form of porno for instance, the user is liable, not the company.  If someone posts that stuff here, ExImod isn’t liable for it, the person who posted is.

 

spike

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