[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I agree in principle but I think that accepting this means accepting that anyone - even people you passionately agree with - can (and most likely now will) be removed from the platform if their opinions are deemed to be "not moderate enough". That will include BLM, LGBTQ and Feminist activists of all types. I fully agree that trolls of all descriptions should be banned (Hopkins, Lozzy Fox) and people who actively incite anything (Tommy Robbo, CLEARLY Trump) should be restricted but if we make it a blanket "company's choice, not a free speech issue" then all sorts of people will be banned for the content of their opinion, and not just their means of expressing it.

It doesn't really bother me, tbh. As I said, social media is just someone else's platform, their stage, their house. If they don't want you in that house then it's their choice.

I could be banned from every social media platform in the world, that doesn't mean my opinion has been silenced. If people want a platform that isn't beholden to someone else's rules, they need to go out and create their own.

It doesn't matter if I agree with someone or not, if they get banned, they get banned. My opinion wouldn't really change. I also don't think this is a slippery slope either, if you incite violence, you're probably gonna get banned. Nobody on Twitter got banned just for being right wing.