X is suing California over social media content moderation law::X, the social media company previously known as Twitter, is suing the state of California over a law that requires companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices.

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    1 year ago

    The only reason they use the word “constitutional” is because they want the conservative supreme court to make a ruling to allow hate speech.

    Meanwhile, conservatives also want to ban books about love.

    This really has nothing to do with technology though. Quite the contrary. Twitter isn’t technology. It’s a tool for making dark age politics.

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      Also because they’re fond of pretending that if something they’re doing isn’t expressly forbidden in the constitution, that means it’s VIRTUOUS and must be protected at all costs!

      On the other hand, anything that their opponents do that isn’t expressly MANDATED by the constitution is villainy most foul and must be outlawed and penalised with at least a decade of enslavement that is highly lucrative to the owner donors imprisonment

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    Why is anyone calling it X?

    The sign still says Twitter, the domain still says Twitter, it’s still Twitter.

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    “If @X has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to this bill,” Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, who wrote AB 587, said in response to X’s lawsuit.”

    The government breaks out absolute worst argument they could

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      1 year ago

      “Leave the richest man on earth alone!” he yelled out, weilding his katana in a reverse grip… for some reason.

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      1 year ago

      Said the person who has never been a moderator or has any clue about moderation.

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        1 year ago

        This is an instance where scanning over someone’s post history might elucidate why they are spewing bullshit. HINT: it’s SOP for that account.

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    1 year ago

    Remember kids, hate speech laws only outlaw speech the state doesn’t like. You know, like McCarthy did.