If someone got banned on Reddit for calling Clarence Thomas a house slave like Stephen Candie in Django, can he file a complaint with the FC for tech censorship? Asking for a friend.
Forced speech is just as odious as restricted speech. And with Trump and his band of wreckers, you can be sure that the end state will be a combination of both. Platforms will be forced to disseminate MAGA propaganda, and any user with the temerity to talk back will be banned.
DOGE will soon make cuts there…
Tomorrow: Trump installs loyalist with zero qualifications as head of FCC.
You misunderstand. This IS Trump’s chosen stooge. FTC Chairman Carr.
He’s complaining about tech companies “censoring” conservatives for “speaking their minds”, aka being hateful bigots and spreading misinformation during a public health crisis.
Yeah, I wonder how long until Elmo arrives to “make the FTC more efficient” lmao
We need fELONs crack team from X -said no one
so musk will be investigated over how he runs xitter, right?
He’s already investigated himself and found that Xitter is a bastion of freedom. Same goes for Truth Social.
How long until hosting a Lemmy instance is illegal?
Well, as a lot of us are on instances hosted outside the US, a very long time.
Compelled speech it is then?
So when are bakers going to be forced to bake cakes for gay couples?
Oh, right, hypocrites. Naturally.
Reveling in their hypocrisy won’t save anything.
They don’t care that you think and I see them as hypocrites.
For them, them being able to be hypocrites is a “cool thing”
More accurately, they think everyone is as hypocritical as they are, so the fact they did it in their favor means they “won”
This would have been helpful 10+ years ago
If we wind up in a situation where the EU mandates a form of censorship that the US bans, I assume that the platforms in question would have to separate their EU and US users and sites.
It’s not censorship, it’s “censorship”. You know, like banning nazis, calls for harming women etc.
And by “free speech”, we mean you have to publish what we tell you.
Never stops being true.
When they say tech censorship they mean people should be allowed to say bigoted shit
Good thing we have a fair and balanced FTC? Right?
Lets see:
We have 2 Democrats 2 Republicans, and…
oh… one vacant seat 👀
(also, one of the Democrats was appointed in 2018, we all know who was president then)
Hey government how’s it going
…
…
Jesus fucking christ
Defunded in 3…2…
