YouTube bans Alex Jones

[newwurldmn]

I assume that is sarcasm.

Jones attacked the innocent parents of murdered children. He has done as bad and worse in other incidents.

This not not complicated. I expect that if he loses his case then the families have an opening to take a shot at the platforms and this is why they have acted now. They are acting out of self-interest, fear of legal consequences and nothing to do with left/right anything.

Tell that to Tsing.

He thinks its because Alex Jones is a right-winger and Facebook is run by a bunch of liberal hippie snowflakes .

 

[Tsing Tao]

Banning Alex Jones must be because is a right-wing person. Not because he's a dangerous asshole.

Because he's not a dangerous asshole. He's just an asshole, and there are plenty of them that were not banned.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I know nothing of this story other than what I read here. I also know that when something doesn't sound right it probably isn't. I also know this is the age of disinformation. Put this together anyway you like.

You probably should know more than you read here.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Tell that to Tsing.

He thinks its because Alex Jones is a right-winger and Facebook is run by a bunch of liberal hippie snowflakes .

Tell what to me? You're obviously conversing with someone who I've completely removed from my feed because of stupidity.

Are you saying I should do the same with you? I don't mind - could save us some time.

 

[newwurldmn]

You may need to update. While google is publicly traded, it's largest shareholders are the founders and individuals who run the company. Therefore, they have enough shares to do whatever they want with their company.

While it is true anyone can buy a piece, buying a "piece" doesn't give you a say in anything.

Public company has two meanings: public can mean publicly traded (on a stock exchange) or it can mean owned by the people (like in communism).

Private has two meanings: it can mean owned by a group of guys and not publicly traded on a stock exchange) or it can mean not owned by the government.

Obviously Facebook is public in the first meaning and private in the second meaning.

 

[newwurldmn]

Tell what to me? You're obviously conversing with someone who I've completely removed from my feed because of stupidity.

Are you saying I should do the same with you? I don't mind - could save us some time.

I was conversing with slat. I didn't know you had him on ignore. it makes conversations more difficult.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Public company has two meanings: public can mean publicly traded (on a stock exchange) or it can mean owned by the people (like in communism).

Private has two meanings: it can mean owned by a group of guys and not publicly traded on a stock exchange) or it can mean not owned by the government.

Obviously Facebook is public in the first meaning and private in the second meaning.

Why don't you have that conversation with Piezoe, as it is he who was trying to draw the line in distinction. You and I had already agreed to move past that argument.

 

[Slartibartfast]

I was conversing with slat. I didn't know you had him on ignore. it makes conversations more difficult.

I have him on ignore also, first I believe. He is too much of a moron to see every day. He will however have already looked at this through another browser.

 

[Slartibartfast]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1026805202580647936

Yep.. this is the level of Alex's minions. Infowars journalist.

This is a trading site and there is debate on the meaning of public for a publicly traded company?

There are times when monetizing membership to some token amount does seem appealing. Some barrier to entry, even just an adaptive entrance exam would keep the not-even-wrongs at bay.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

The problem isnt with Librals, specifically, im pretty sure any reasonable person here would call them assholes.

The problem is that we now have 3 companies essentially "Controlling" free speech. Facebook, youtube, twitter, they get to decide whats offensive and whats not, wait till it happens on your end. Its a dangerous precedent, far more dangerous than anything Trump can ever say.

And so they should let raw sewage flow through their pipes? To appease slippery-slopers with no standards or sense of decency? Yeah, that would end well.