Trump files lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google

Valcazar

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Exactly like the utilities.
That's been the pitch for years. It's complicated, of course, especially due to the international range of the social media giants - but utilities is the model I see bandied around the most.

It's not a "platform". It's a carrier. THAT'S the difference that you're missing.
That's part of the problem - exactly what part is regulated and what that's supposed to mean is going to take a LOT of hashing out.
 

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FYI, so you don't waste time, I have you on ignore. I have no desire to argue fascism- that argument has had its time and it has been settled.
Gee, I thought I was arguing what was a platform and what was a carrier, nothing to do with fascism. But whatever.
 
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That's been the pitch for years. It's complicated, of course, especially due to the international range of the social media giants - but utilities is the model I see bandied around the most.

That's part of the problem - exactly what part is regulated and what that's supposed to mean is going to take a LOT of hashing out.
But just because they are pervasive, doesn't mean they are constitutionally regulated government organs.

100 years ago, you could have made the same argument that the major newspaper chains played the same role as FB and Twitter. But no one ever suggested that they were government entities. A bunch of opinions never got presented in the Hearst newspaper chain. Doesn't mean that the Hearst chain was a governmental organization.
 
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Don't think anybody has mentioned one of the nuances of the US justice system. FB, Google and twitter now counter sue. Legions of lawyers, could take decades. Assuming the Donald can find lawyers to put up with him that long. Can you see him representing himself in court, any court? Might want to consider stock in Orville Redenbacher...
 
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Don't think anybody has mentioned on of the nuances of the US justice system. FB, Google and twitter now counter sue. Legions of lawyers, could take decades. Assuming the Donald can find lawyers to put up with him that long. Can you see him representing himself in court, any court? Might want to consider stock in Orville Redenbacher...
US Law Twitter is hooting and jeering at the very idea of suing private entities for First Amendment rights. The concept is just silly. The claim simply does not exist.

And even if it did, forcing large platforms to host indiscriminately Neo Nazi groups; pro pedophile groups; health misinformation groups; political misinformation groups; etc with no power to tame, ban or control them is itself ludicrous.

The "public utilities" argument is silly. Your stuck with one hydro supplier. But anyone who dislikes FB's policy about neo nazis not being acceptable can simply migrate to Gab or Parler or whatever right wing shitpile that's being pushed this month.

So this shit should get no further than the stop the steal horseshit last fall.
 
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How is he going to pay his lawyers? And do the lawyers know they won't get a cent? Anyways Facebook is the biggest platform for extreme alt-right wing shit, after the dark web of course.
 

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Trump’s ‘Big Tech’ Lawsuits Could Make Him Testify Under Oath About Jan. 6
Experts said Trump’s suits against Facebook, Twitter and Google will likely be dismissed, but if they’re not, he would be forced to explain his actions that day.
So it's best for Trump to stay away from the courts.
 

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So it's best for Trump to stay away from the courts.
The suits will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for appeals. The appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for more appeals. The new appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for more appeals. The new appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for more appeals. The new appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for more appeals. The new appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for more appeals. The new appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in. Trump will complain about the judges being part of the Deep State. He will demand his sheepy-people give him hundreds of millions $$$$$ more for more appeals. The new appeals will be dismissed on preliminary motion a few weeks in.

He will pocket most of the $$$ given by the sheeple.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
 
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Don't think anybody has mentioned one of the nuances of the US justice system. FB, Google and twitter now counter sue. Legions of lawyers, could take decades. Assuming the Donald can find lawyers to put up with him that long. Can you see him representing himself in court, any court? Might want to consider stock in Orville Redenbacher...
This law suit has nothing at all to do with winning and everything to do with fundraising. Grifters gotta grift.
 
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