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MaizeAndBlueWahoo

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It's illegal already to behead someone


So it's not an infringement on free speech to ban the depiction of an illegal act. You can't post "Come to the beheading tomorrow!" on a wall without the cops showing up, so there's no concern that YouTube would become a beheader's paradise, either.

Porn is also already heavily regulated. Again, things that are regulated in real life, apply that to social media. NBC is not allowed to show porn due to the fact that NBC is too freely available. Game of Thrones can show all the titties it likes, however, because you have to pay to get HBO. So apply the same logic.

But also, Facebook with its several billion users is not the same as TheSabre with its few thousand. Much like in Marsh, a company town is not the same as a private home or storefront. And different types of private property are already differently regulated - if I walk into someone's house unannounced, that's trespassing or burglary, but if I walk into a store, no problem. So there's no concern about regulating Facebook differently from TheSabre, either.

(In response to this post by Old Dorms Rule!)

Posted: 05/09/2019 at 9:28PM



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Break up Facebook? -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/09/2019 6:36PM
  I'd go in almost the opposite direction -- Capital City Hoo 05/10/2019 08:56AM
  That's different. ** -- ResistHoo 05/09/2019 10:33PM
  That’s correct. ** -- Hokieesith 05/10/2019 7:42PM
  Like the libs, you want it both ways -- CavMan1 05/10/2019 08:36AM
  This one (and others in tech) will be tough -- Capital City Hoo 05/09/2019 7:47PM
  Huh? That is exactly what happens... -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/09/2019 9:07PM
  The argument is it's the de facto public square. ** -- hoodeyo 05/09/2019 10:19PM
  But it’s not like the baker/cake example. -- Hoojack 05/09/2019 9:50PM
  Could you summarize your point instead? ** -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/09/2019 9:14PM
  Twitter isn't censoring people for their ideas... -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/14/2019 5:56PM
  Hmm. I think that is questionable. ** -- Hokieesith 05/14/2019 6:12PM
  Why should a baker have to serve gay people? -- Hokieesith 05/09/2019 8:12PM
  Access vs behavior -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/09/2019 10:07PM
  Sheer number of users is exactly it -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 05/09/2019 8:10PM
  Not sure the Soapbox was ever intended for civil discourse -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 01/12/2021 12:57PM
  Hmmm -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/09/2019 8:44PM
  It's illegal already to behead someone -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 05/09/2019 9:28PM
  Hmm again -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/09/2019 9:49PM
  Are they a business? ** -- Hokieesith 05/09/2019 8:56PM

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