Is the censoring of conservative news on Twitter a form of domestic terrorism?
Twitter is by far the largest influencer network with 100 times more activity than than competing services like Parler.com. In today's hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz discussed Twitter's banning of the New York Post's account and all links to their website over their reporting of Hunter Biden's email... but they allowed for the dissemination of Trump's hacked tax returns. Video at: [video.foxnews.com]
Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act expanded the definition of terrorism to cover ""domestic,"" as opposed to international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act "dangerous to human life" that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to: 1. intimidate or coerce a civilian population; 2. influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or 3. to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.
Of course this is hyperbole but at what point is the threat of being banned from a large platform over political positions a form of intimidation or coercion of a civilian population? Is being banned a modern form of assassination? At what point is a private company so large a platform to be considered a common carrier and subject to government oversight?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Look at a Twitter heat map - centered on less than 10 cities. Now also consider that Twitter has less than 40 million regular users. Now consider what the documentaries like the “Social Dilemma” are doing.
Sadly, Twitter does drive the current new cycle. This is another symptom of that same heat map, but decades old. Americans are waking up and learning. I won’t say Twitter and other social media platforms are a “fad” but I think you’ll see their users evolve. What these companies and individuals fail to grasp: normal, every day Americans made these platforms. And we don’t like being manipulated. You’ll see these platforms evolve to be more transparent - and civil - as we learn and they evolve. Or they’ll die.
Indomitableman
Level 4
Nov 3, 2020
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Ways to zap twitter and other big tech corporations:
Common carrier law. There is a difference between a monopoly denying
service vs. a non-monopoly denying service.
Twitter's activity is equivalent to a political contribution.
Publisher laws. Twitter poses as a conductor but it is a publisher.
Sportsmanship. If you talk trash but don't show up for the game then your trash license
ends. If Twitter fails to conduct opposing voices in a sportsmanlike manner, levy the
charge of unsportsmanlike conduct.
Devil's advocate. Your argument is only as strong as the strongest devil's argument that
you have defeated in fair battle. If you dodge Devil's advocates then your trash license ends.
Raise a fuss everytime big tech censors, enough fuss to pose deterrent.
Outrage is a double edged sword. Democrats think they own outrage. No.
Examine how Twitter gained monopoly status.
jaymaron
Level 8
Oct 29, 2020
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I was thinking a bit more Rasputin.
Twitter, Facebook, and social media 2020 summed up nicely in this epic rap battle:
saramarylop3z
Level 7
Oct 29, 2020
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Are you insinuating that Dorsey is a terrorist by posting these photos, not to mention by choosing this particular photo of him with a long beard beside Osasma bin Laden's photo? Lol
I never understand the significance of twitter. If I don't like what Dorsey does, i.e., censoring, banning, etc., I will stop using twitter and use another service.
Naomi
Level 8
Oct 28, 2020
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What other influence network has more than 5% as many active members as Twitter? That photo was taken from his hearing today. I have to admit that his beard did activate connections that led to this question. Here's some other similar beards...
Jack gets a pass due to insanity. The man needs help. Twitter as an organization is a different question. Terrorist organization isn't going to sell to the public but evil corporation will. What is needed is to force conservative "fact checkers" on them. That would be some good times watching the war of the fact checkers.
wolfhnd
Level 8
Oct 28, 2020
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ah... alternative facts 
Well I have said I don't believe in truth and I'm skeptical of facts. The truth is is all facts are approximations of the thing itself. Then of course there is the problem of relativity. Everything is relative to everything else. We choose the resolution and scope.
One of the reasons we can no longer communicate is that truths are seen as more real than facts. It's not surprising since truth is a historically related to theism philosophically. Once you go down the truth path facts no longer matter.
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