It isn’t complicated.
A private platform can run it like they want.
Trump’s lawsuit has absolutely nothing to do with any “Wuhan lab leaks”.
Whether or not they overreacted is meaningless.
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Is it really private now.
Can it censor and discriminate?
What happens when they are wrong like the lab leak dialogue?
Yes. A company does not magically become a state actor simply because it is large.
Sure, as long as it’s not violating Title VII.
Nothing.
OK. We will just need to see how the rest of the story reveals itself.
Yes. The famous “Community Decency Act”.
It has value to them, sure. It has no value to me, though.
He said “shadow”, therefore it is sceery.
Big Tech power is what is scary.
Section 230 is no longer valid.
Agree on the first part, not the second.
It’s still the law.
Unless and until Congress repeals it, it’s “valid.”
was anyone from the government calling for them to be banned?
might help if you understood the argument
The “argument” is asinine.
Members of Congress have freedom of speech, too. They can “call for” whatever they want.
its only the law if the courts agree that socials are living up to it. if courts find that they are not the open platforms the law protects but are acting as publishers then the law does not apply to them
Some guy from New Hampshire beat instagram representing himself? 
No, that’s not how the law works.
Trump would lose this suit even if Section 230 didn’t exist, but everything you’ve said about it is wrong, anyway.
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the argument is what it is.
I believe it is a loser, but would like to see it heard.
On another note Is the power of a monopoly any different than the power of government in its application? These giant companies have monopolistic powers granted to them by government exemptions, as such, are they not “government by proxy?”
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That’s a question for the philosophers, but in this case, I’d say definitely.
Twitter is a luxury, not a need.
They don’t have any “monopolistic powers” at all, let alone powers granted to them by the government.
The same laws that protects Facebook protect this website.
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So is government.
Again, a question for the philosophers.
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