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  1. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    LOL

    or what?

     
  2. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    While Twitter is a private company and can thus set its own policies, it should not benefit from Section 230 protections while demonstrating clear bias.

    See Section 230 Protections
     
  3. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  4. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Laura Loomer says she is willing to take her Free Speech case against Big Tech to the SCOTUS

    A three-judge panel ruled that Big Tech can steamroll the rights of Loomer and other individuals deemed guilty of wrong-think.

    “Freedom Watch argues that we should infer an agreement primarily from the Platforms’ parallel behavior, as each company purportedly refused to provide certain services to Freedom Watch. But, as the district court explained, parallel conduct alone cannot support a claim under the Sherman Act,” the three-judge panel decided.

    “In general, the First Amendment ‘prohibits only governmental abridgment of speech,’” the judges explained in their ruling, referencing the Manhattan Community Access Corp. vs. Halleck case.

    Despite the fact that Big Tech entities receive special privileges from the federal government in order to operate, they were deemed non-state actors in this court ruling. They can discriminate, act as Big Brother, impose Orwellian sanctions, and even potentially influence elections with their monopoly power, according to the inexplicable court ruling.

    Loomer believes that the decision is bogus and motivated by partisan politics. She and her legal counsel intend to take the case all the way up to the Supreme Court, hoping that the nation’s highest court will defend freedom of speech in America.

    Laura Loomer Plans to Take Landmark Free Speech Case Against Big Tech Giants to Supreme Court - Big League Politics
     
  5. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Here is the full text of what i think is the final version of the EO on social media censorship

     
  6. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    The article is trying to rip the court, but they're following the case law fairly well. Two out of the three judges on the panel are Republican appointees. My guess is that they don't want to make that massive of a shift in jurisprudence. They'd rather the Supreme Court do it if it's going to be done. If the Court grants cert, we might see a weird breakdown. I could see Roberts ruling with Google but perhaps see Ginsburg ruling with Loomer.
     
  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    It is an interesting issue. But Roberts hates political hot potatoes. So no cert probably. But, as with all things, we will see.
     
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  8. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    I agree. What would change the game is if another circuit stepped out on a limb and ruled against the social media networks. That would force the Court's hand.
     
  9. Monahorns

    Monahorns 5,000+ Posts

  10. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Wow. Some high profile folks, including Elon Musk, have had their Twitter accounts compromised in the past half hour or so.

    In less than 5 minutes some idiots actually sent 1.34 bitcoin to the address in this (hacked) tweet. That’s about $12,000 worth.

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  11. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Apple hacked. This makes exactly one tweet sent from the Apple account.

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  12. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Somebody seems to have gotten admin-level access to Twitter and can do anything they want. They have to be scrambling hard at Twitter HQ about now.
     
  13. Driver 8

    Driver 8 Amor Fati

    Even hackers don't want shitcoins
     
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  14. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    This is crazy. It’s still going on. I can’t believe they haven’t shut this down yet.

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  15. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

  16. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    Burn that piece of **** to the ground.
     
  17. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    They could do some real damage in the markets if they wanted to, or post something from Trump’s account.
     
  18. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    What are the odds the hack is Chinese in origin? Dio? Any guesses?
     
  19. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Nah, Twitter is really good for some things but people who don’t use it just hear about the negative stuff. Facebook too, and I can’t stand Facebook personally, but I know it has some legit and valuable use cases.
     
  20. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    No idea but at the moment it seems to be strictly focused on getting dummies to part with their bitcoin thinking they will get more in return. It’s working. Last report I saw showed that 11 bitcoin have been sent which is a little over $100k worth.
     
  21. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Obama hacked

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  22. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Trump’s account seems ok so far, that one might get somebody a drone up the ***!
     
  23. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    When I worked for the State and was the back-up to the section's IT people, I used to joke with them I was going to lock them out when I got pissed and quit. Their reply was "but we have backdoors," to which I was always quick to reply that I knew that...and the back door would be locked and bolted. The wry grins then filled the room...they KNEW they had an Administrator that had their back. But they always tried to keep a check on my pulse just in case...
     
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  24. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Twitter stockholders might want to, uh, diversify or something

    This is wild, they should shut down the whole system for a while, I can’t believe they haven’t done that
     
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  25. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Sobering thought: heads of state with control of nuclear weapons use Twitter.

    National security folks might want to do an assessment of this kind of thing.
     
  26. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    These are folks with huge followings ...
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Jeff Bezos
    Obama
    Biden
    Mike Bloomberg
    Elon Musk
    Kanye West
    Bill Gates
    Warren Buffet

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  27. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Oh yes they did it

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  28. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Twitter Support hacked... or real?

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  29. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    I’m not sure if this is the best time to announce this or the worst time

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  30. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    That would actually be the best thing for Parler that could ever occur...Twitter subscription model would mean that the lefties would have their own echo chamber since those with common sense would go elsewhere...
     

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