In my favorite bellweather case for “have we sunk back to the level of McCarthyism yet?” the government has challenged the standing of IndyMedia to find out who asked the FBI to confiscate its servers, and why. Story at The Register. I may try to add my own analysis if I get a chance to read the pleadings.
Stay tuned . . .
Wow, that is so surprising and atypical.
Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger on the President- ‘my family voted for him, donated to him and are now being thrown under the bus by him.’ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/11/25/georgia-secretary-of-state-election-integrity-2020-column/6407586002/
nothing says "fairness" quite like technically unnecessary usage caps and fees designed to cash in on limited U.S. broadband competition https://twitter.com/RobZacny/status/1331312094336126977
The monopolist is handing out lessons on fairness.
If Republicans want to see more variety in what kinds of content flourishes on the internet, they should focus on creating laws that encourage competitive choices for users. More from PK President @ChrisJ_Lewis in today's op-ed: https://publicknowledge.medium.com/senate-gops-call-for-ideological-test-in-hiring-is-dangerous-58fcfb50c38d 4/4 #PlatformCompetition
Mandating that the employees of any company have to represent some spectrum of political viewpoints is not based in any law, is not workable, and causes far more problems than it intends to solve. It is deeply dangerous. 3/4
This obsession with "anti-conservative bias" is often a cover to harass platforms into keeping up #misinformation and #disinformation. It also flies in the face of the actual evidence, which shows that conservative viewpoints are not taken down more often than liberal ones. 2/4
