A simple way to end censorship on social media
Pass a law entitling the poster to sue large social media companies for $25,000 for each instance of censorship of truth or opinion.
Today’s social media companies are the new town square.
Shouldn’t we be able to post messages to our own followers on these platforms? Of course! Those followers are our followers because they opted in to hear our opinions. So why are the social media companies stepping in to “protect” our followers from the very people that they SAID they wanted to hear from?
Suppose you could sue them for $25,000 + your attorney’s fees for every message that you post that they remove (or force you to remove) that is clearly either opinion or truthful. And suppose you could sue them for $250,000 + your attorney’s fees if they remove your account and can only cite posts that are either opinion or truthful.
Do you think there would be censorship anymore?
I doubt it.
Let me know what you think of this idea.
While it’s a good idea, we’ve got to get one thing clear. Politicians won’t do anything that cuts away at their sponsors support. Sponsors are two main groups. Commercial enterprises & spooks. I’m no longer sure they can be categorised as two groups at all.
There’s zero chance they’d do this.
Not unless in every location we stand candidates well suited to the task & who really do not want it. Anyone who wants to be a politician is immediately deeply suspect.
Cynical? Look around you. If you know one really honourable politicians, they’re remarkable because they’re so rare.
You know what… start cutting all the SM out of your life. The world was a very productive and much happier place before SM and staring continuously at your phone. The phone hung on the wall or sat on the table. We decided when we used it. We talked to people and looked them in the eye. We used to not care to put our two cents into every conversation because we once knew “no one cared what our opinion was” and they still don’t. Damn, the constant hand ringing over companies that are rude and exclude their customers, can be handled quickly when folks realize how many of US there are and how quickly we can cut THEM off, even if just for awhile, to straighten the relationship order out!