Thursday, May 28, 2020

Yoel Roth who heads Twitter's "site integrity" is a H8er

Here are some things that Yoel Roth who heads Twitters censorship efforts has tweeted:




Can you imagine if Twitter put someone in charge of their censorship who said that Nancy Pelosi was an actual Communist? Or said that all the folks who don't live on the coasts are evil?

This is why we need to end Twitter, and other social media companies, immunity from lawsuits.

They were provided that immunity with the understanding that they would be content neutral. They would only ban content that was illegal.

But now Twitter, that fact checks Trump but not Chinese Communist government officials, is clearly a publisher that decides what content is allowed.

Which is fine but that also means that they can be sued.

For example if they allow white leftists to attack Trump but ban Blacks who attack Biden that's clearly racial discrimination which is something companies can't do.

Similarly if they allow some left wing loon to accuse you of horrible things that aren't true then they can be sued just as you can sue a newspaper that published a story about you being a serial killer with absolutely no evidence.

The later type of lawsuit would be very expensive for Twitter because the law for slander and libel of random people is much easier than for political or public figures.

If someone says Trump's an actual Nazi it's nearly impossible for Trump to successfully sue. But if someone calls Joe the small business owner who's not a public figure a Nazi and he's likely to win in court.

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