On 1/11/2021 6:08 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > On 1/11/2021 4:26 AM, David E. Ross wrote: >> On 1/11/2021 12:44 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> David E. Ross wrote on 11/01/21 09:14: >>>> On 1/10/2021 12:08 PM, Ray Davison wrote: >>>>> I get a news letter from a doctor. Twitter banned him because he >>>>> described his experience treating people with CCP virus. He moved to >>>>> Parler and took 28K followers with him. >>>>> >>>>> Now Twitter has banned Trump. Trump moved to Parler. >>>>> >>>>> Parler used Amazon servers. Amazon has banned Parler. >>>>> >>>>> Free speech anyone? >>>>> >>>>> Ray >>>> >>>> The right of free speech in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution >>>> only applies to government action, not to the actions of businesses and >>>> individuals. >>>> >>> I would have thought "free speech" would also give the provider the >>> freedom *NOT* to reply to or even to carry an article! >> >> Given today's broad definition of "press", that falls under freedom of >> the press. "Press" now seems to include not only print media but also >> electronic media. >> > No it does not. The 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution > *only* apply to Government action. The 1st applies to Federal Government > action, the 14th applies to state action. > > Regards > Keith N. McKenna >
I was replying to the comment that "free speech" gave newspapers and electronic platforms the right to carry or refuse to carry an article. That is not "free speech"; that is "freedom of the press". Yes, Amendment 1 prevents the federal government from infringing on both free speech and freedom of the press, which was extended to the states by Amendment 14. Someone once said the freedom of the press belongs to he who owns the printing press. It has long been the answer to anyone who objects when a newspaper refuses to publish his or her letter to the editor. Extend that to electronic platforms, and that becomes the answer to anyone who objects to being censored by Facebook, Twitter, or any other electronic medium. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
