I think it is strange that conservatives are now suddenly for regulating businesses.
I would say the
'inflection point' was 2006. Since 2006 Conservatives have been complaining about jailing and spying on reporters. Same with banning and destroy people's career, and calling everyone Nazi's and assaulting them ... even innocent bystanders or, gasp, Democratic politicians who were mistaken as 'belonging.'
It scares me what the CEO of CNN keeps advocating. I also remember only Tapper at CNN sticking up for Fox News in 2009, and then we found out in 2013 that the Obama administration had gone after all media outlets, not just Fox News. Even Conservative heads of the US FCC haven't 'cracked down' on any US media lying, misappropriation of media, etc... In fact, the only time the US FCC got involved in any thing recent was when Sinclair -- a conservative media group -- was 'censoring' journalists.
That's why I have been 'forced' to argue against Democratic politicians more than Republican politicians since 2006. I also like how the Democratic party is 're-writing' their history on everything from criminal justice to gay marriage. In reality they are only 5-7 years ahead of Republicans, while still 35-37 years behind us Libertarians.
Denying someone a platform on a service isn't denying free speech, it is simply denying the use of that service, which isn't a government service.
Yes, and no. The problem is that these services are now defacto standard monopolies. If you want to understand what I mean, see the recent EU rulings on various social media platforms.
The right of digital assembly is still being debated. But the monopolization of citizen profiles are absolute. Facebook has no right to take 1M Obama voter opt-ins and disclose the profile of all 2.2B Facebook profiles, as happened in 2012. Even more so when it comes to freedom of expression.
If Facebook, like Google, is outsourcing content review to non-American citizens, then that also is of great concern as well.
I think it also opens up and Pandora's box. Where does it stop?
Yes, what are 'the rules'? And what 'powers' does the federal have to 'enforce' anything? Is this just a 'complaint database' that a federal agency will 'reference if and when required' in a lawsuit, should they pursue it?
Are shows like SNL going to start being regulated if they are deemed one sided?
No, because SNL is not a monopoly platform that citizens can all use. It is completely unrelated, and any argument out of Trump should be laughed at, since no lawyer will even consider it ... not even his own.
Ironically the most pro-1st Amendment President we've had in the White House since Gerald Ford is W. Ironically, Ford was appointed under the 25th Amendment, and never elected to the job.