Subj : Re: Done with them? To : Aaron Thomas From : Ron Lauzon Date : Mon Jan 25 2021 09:55 am -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Charles Pierson <=- AT> I agree - private companies should be able to do what they want - even AT> censor people But those companies 1) are public companies - so their shareholders will have plenty to say 2) claim to be "platforms" for discussion and have legal protection under Section 230 so that they can't be sued for what other people say. But they act like publishers and police their content. AT> Trump's mistake is he should have just used his own website. That would AT> have been simple, reliable, and almost completely uncensorable. I think that's becoming obvious to many companies right now. They cannot rely on other platforms. How many companies right now are actively thinking about leaving AWS because of what happened with Parler? .... Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children === MultiMail/Linux v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: Diamond Mine Online BBS - bbs.dmine.net:24 (1:275/89)