Ray Davison wrote:
WaltS48 wrote:
Twitter, Amazon, Google and others are not the government.
I can ban you from my platform if I choose, or filter your posts to
trash.
I think that discussion is in mozilla.general.
Please read the subject again. It has nothing to do with "can ban".
There are people trying to reach these sites and do not know why they
cannot. They don't know why they cannot communicate like they have been
able to. It is not like they got a memo "take your business elsewhere".
And Apple and Google have banned the Parler phone apps.
OK I did include a free speech note, but even the ACLU has come down
against this case.
Ray
Yes, you are quite correct about Parler being removed from most major
platforms and as such, its' members can no longer communicate using that
app.
Yet, as many Americans use "Freedom of Speech" is incorrect, as the
First and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution is referencing that
Our Government shall not restrict and has no application to private
entities, as much as many would prefer to apply it to.
Individuals who are bummed by the banning can also undertake to create
their own 'private' platform to host Parler and move forward from there.
It may be that the ACLU does not either fully understand or accept TOS's
that are set by each Tech company. If they do, then they have yet to
challenge or issue statements to that effect until this recent incident.
Even here on this forum, there are TOS's which must be followed or one
can be banned, even for life. Can you believe it?
The memo about Parler was sent via news outlets, rather they were read,
listened to or believed is a totally different issue.
Thank you for your post, regardless.
bo1953
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