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Justice Department Opens Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies

FreddyE1977 said:
Anyone else out there worried about the Speech Police YET???
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If you violate terms of service, you get banned. That happens on any site, including this one.

It has nothing to do with freedom of speech.

BTW it's not McConnell's personal site, but for TeamMitch.
 
With all due respect, free speech is not a partisan issue.

What happens to somebody from my side
could just as easily happen to somebody from the other side tomorrow.

Neither is right.
 
Agreed. It could happen to anyone if they violate the Terms Of Service.
Just remember, the First Amendment does not apply to non-governmental entities.
It's only purpose is to prevent the government from silencing you.
 
So apparently the Twitter issue was resolved today. The solution was to put a warning label on the video.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-unlocks-mitch-mcconnells-campaign-account-after-gop-fury

Twitter announced a new policy in June. Had the video been posted on McConnell's own site it would not have been blocked:

"Twitter announced in June that it would label tweets from influential governmental officials that break its rules against bullying and abusive behavior, but not block the leaders from the site or remove their tweets. The rule was set to apply to accounts with over 100,000 followers, but the Team Mitch account has 29,200."
 
TheBigA said:
So apparently the Twitter issue was resolved today. The solution was to put a warning label on the video.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-unlocks-mitch-mcconnells-campaign-account-after-gop-fury

Twitter announced a new policy in June. Had the video been posted on McConnell's own site it would not have been blocked:

"Twitter announced in June that it would label tweets from influential governmental officials that break its rules against bullying and abusive behavior, but not block the leaders from the site or remove their tweets. The rule was set to apply to accounts with over 100,000 followers, but the Team Mitch account has 29,200."
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of course they do that, they know the president is the one using their site as his main social media platform, i don't think Twitter would have the b***s to censor the president and give him a ban for violating Twitter TOS.
 
Don't know if you've heard but...

Alex Jones is now using his banning in his branding. He say Infowars is "the most banned network in the world." Not sure if that's true. Some Chinese networks are probably completely banned.
But this is to entice listeners to continue listening to his controversial broadcasts.
 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-antitrust-investigation-source-idUSKBN1WA35M

Here is an update

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will open an antitrust investigation of Facebook Inc (FB.O), a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, marking the fourth recent antitrust probe of the social media company.


Facebook also faces probes by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a group of state attorneys general led by New York and the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

Large tech companies, including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, have increasingly been on the defensive in recent years over lapses such as privacy breaches and outsized market influence.

Facebook has faced extra scrutiny tied to how it allowed its platforms to be used during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The company, which owns one-time rivals Instagram and WhatsApp and has 2.4 billion monthly users, recently paid a $5 billion settlement for sharing 87 million users’ data with defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook declined to comment on Wednesday.

Reuters and others reported in June the two federal agencies had divided up responsibility for the companies being investigated, with the Justice Department taking Google and Apple while the FTC looked at Facebook and Amazon.
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I don't have the foggiest idea how Facebook is running afoul of anti-trust laws. The only possible argument is them controlling too much of the online ad market, which can be easily refuted. Privacy issues are another matter. If this is about not serving up enough pro-Trump news, the DOJ can't help with that.
 
https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/240324/states-launch-facebook-antitrust-investigation/

Another take on states doing their antitrust investigations.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that he and a bipartisan coalition of 46 other attorneys general are investigating social media giant Facebook over potential antitrust violations. The investigation focuses on whether Facebook’s dominance in the industry may have led to anticompetitive behavior that harms consumers.

“Facebook is a dominant force in the social media industry, and with that dominance comes an obligation to ensure their practices are not stifling competition,” said Shapiro. “Our bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general will follow the evidence wherever it leads, and we will not hesitate to take action to protect the rights of consumers.”
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RadioPatrol said:
Another take on states doing their antitrust investigations.
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The key question is how can a free service somehow or other harm consumers.

The only reason it might stifle competition is because consumers choose to use the platform.

So you can't blame the company if the consumers are the ones creating the reason why it's a success.
 
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