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Chance? >> im saying there is actually a food chance if he makes the right arguments in court. the media didnt love his lawsuit when it came out because normally, they are right. the first amendment applies to the government, not to private companies. but heres the thing in this case. these private companies. the big tech giants, did their work in part on behalf of the pig government. they responded to government threats. they willfully cooperated with the government in deciding that speech coul...

Trump Teases White House Run, Telling Zuckerberg No More Friendly Dinners ‘Next Time’ He’s President Former President Donald Trump again hinted at a possible run for the presidency while responding to news of his two-year ban from Facebook on Friday by saying he would not invite CEO Mark Zuckerberg to dinner “next time I’m in the White House.” After Facebook vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg announced Friday that the former president would be suspended from the platform f...

Big Tech companies like Facebook and Twitter are monopolies that need to be reined in to curb the ...

Sen. Hughes bill protecting censorship from social media advances to committee Hughes Takes On Big Tech By Blake Holland | March 4, 2021 at 11:16 AM CST - Updated March 4 at 7:47 PM AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Legislation which would give Texans the opportunity to take legal action against social media companies for censoring certain viewpoints has taken the first step in a lengthy process to become law. “You’re completely at their mercy when they arbitrarily take you off or block you becau...

U.S. Congress 2019-2020: Bills Introduced (Over 5,000 in the House and over 3,000 in the Senate) Fish Factor:Alaskans Prepare for Poor to Average Salmon Runs By LAINE WELCH - Alaskans are preparing for another salmon season of poor to average runs to most regions. The big exception once again is at Bristol Bay where another massive return of more than 51 million sockeyes is expected. Managers predict that surge will produce a harvest of over 36 million reds to fishermen. Bristol Bay is home to...

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Senate Democrats have decided to take a swing at reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and if it censors more speech, it will do far more harm than good.

Thu Feb 4, 2021 Ive been writing about the digital iron curtain for a while now and the conservative movement has gone from ignoring the issue to going all in on Section 230 repeal. While Section 230 repeal is an interesting tactic, and the threat of it was good leverage, it wouldnt on its own solve the problem of conservative censorship. If anything it might actually intensify it and lead to crackdowns on independent conservative sites while making services like Parler all but unvi...

CompuServe Inc extended distributor liability to digital intermediaries that exercised little or no editorial control over third‐​party content, offering them the protections traditionally granted to newsstands and booksellers. This protected CompuServe from Cubby’s defamation claim, though it left open the possibility that CompuServe might have been liable for Rumorville’s defamation had it failed to act after being made aware of the defamatory content. In 1995, Stratton Oakmont Inc.,...

Fact-checking the president — at its core — isn't a free speech issue: It's a free press issue.