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Libs of TikTok Threaten To Sue Twitter Over Ban Practices
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Aren't they always going on about how private companies should be free to enact their own policies and procedures? Referring to the right in general.
At the moment, I think LoTT is blowing hot hair; as long as nothing violent can be directly traced back to them (what's known as stochastic terrorism) they in theory have a case.
That said, should any of the targets LoTT have aired end up on the wrong end of someone's violence, that's another story.....
True, but Twitter is still a private website, and much like any private website, they have the right to ban anyone they feel they want to ban. Just like when you sign up for a forum, there is always this clause in the ToS:
Same thing.
Here's the letter LoTT wrote over at Substack....
If Twitter bans me permanently, I'll sue them
Last week, I was wrongfully suspended from Twitter for seven days after I posted a recording of staff from a children’s hospital admitting to offering and performing gender-affirming hysterectomies on children. I decided to make use of my time while suspended and sent out a strongly-worded...
www.libsoftiktok.com
FWIW, I still stick by what I said. Yes, Twitter can do whatever they; it is a private company but, with exceptions, are still governed by federal law and applicable state law (in Twitter's case, California, because they're HQ'ed there at present).
Ugh, that "woe is me" statement...disgusting.Here's the letter LoTT wrote over at Substack....
If Twitter bans me permanently, I'll sue them
Last week, I was wrongfully suspended from Twitter for seven days after I posted a recording of staff from a children’s hospital admitting to offering and performing gender-affirming hysterectomies on children. I decided to make use of my time while suspended and sent out a strongly-worded...
FWIW, I still stick by what I said. Yes, Twitter can do whatever they; it is a private company but, with exceptions, are still governed by federal law and applicable state law (in Twitter's case, California, because they're HQ'ed there at present).
I get what you're saying, though, being an actual business can come back to bite them because of the federal and state laws they need to follow, as well. True enough.
They have basically been completely random in their approach to "enforcing" their bans, true enough.
And that's why I think there's a small chance LoTT might actually succeed; terms of service are only as good as one's willingness to play by them. If Twitter is shown to have broken them regularly by playing favorites, for instance, that constitutes breach of contract and a judge could slam them over it.
Except they have not been a private company for some time. They are publicly traded. The government is directly involved with how they allow and expect public information to be put on Twitter. Those days have passed long ago!
I do wish the sale had went through he was going to make Twitter a private company.
Still a private company. Yes, they have to follow the laws as written but otherwise, not so much.
FWIW, I think it was a stunt by Elon to torpedo Twitter's stock price so that it would fall, thus making it easier to purchase later on.
As the owner of Facebook showed they break the law constantly with the governments permission. And no they are not a private company they are Publicly traded.
I don’t know what the reason was just wanted another place that actually believes in free speech
You're confusing publicly traded company with a public company. Public companies are arms of the government. Publicly traded companies are private entities that investors can buy shares in. They are still 100% a private company and 100% within their rights to enforce their policies as they see fit.
And Twitter ain’t it, it’s a arm of the government and it’s been that way for awhile.
Ah, ok, conspiracy nut...gotcha.
When a government tells a company we need you to suppress information that isn’t about breaking the law and they have been doing it for a long time they are breaking the law that government overlooks. They aren’t private anything anymore.
Tell that to the founder of Facebook he openly admitted to breaking the law because the government requested it.
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