Twitter bans Senator Doug Mastriano after he led hearing over Pennsylvania election discrepancies

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[–]Grandma 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (5 children)

Why? Twitter is a private company and has no obligation to allow anyone to access their platform.

[–]yousaythosethings 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

I bet this is fully consistent with all of your other political beliefs. Sure Jan.

[–]hennaojichan 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Until Bill Clinton became prez it was necessary for media companies to be "fair" in their treatment of politicians. A lot has changed since then of course and for the worse so one a-hole like Dorsey can allow his prejudices to affect millions.

[–]C3P0 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The problem happens when a company is so big and has the ability to reach millions, it can effectively decide the election of an entire country through political purging of comments.

[–]Iam1ofMany 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Because they receive protections under Section 230 for being an information service provider. They basically can't be sued because of things said on their service. When they start limiting information they are no longer a service provider and should lose that protection. They do what they want as a private company but we don't have to give them any sort of protection.

[–]PrisonMike 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is the right answer