{"id":57766,"date":"2021-05-10T19:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T00:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57766"},"modified":"2021-05-10T19:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T00:05:15","slug":"free-speech-inc-how-democrats-have-found-a-new-but-shaky-faith-in-corporate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57766","title":{"rendered":"Free Speech Inc.: How Democrats Have Found A New But Shaky Faith In Corporate Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Free Speech Inc.: How Democrats Have Found A New But Shaky Faith In Corporate Speech<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Below is an updated version of my column in The Hill on Facebook\u2019s decision to uphold the ban on former president Donald Trump. Notably, this weekend, Twitter took it upon itself to add a\u00a0gratuitous response<\/a>\u00a0to an observation made by Donald Trump Jr. after he tweeted \u201cBiden isn\u2019t the next FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] he\u2019s the next Jimmy Carter.\u201d Twitter took it upon itself to say that many are \u201cconfused\u201d by the remark since Carter was a great humanitarian and noble prize winner. It was a telling moment. These companies now act as either censors as officious intermeddlers when it comes to comments made on the platforms. They view themselves as a party to any postings and that viewpoints must be corrected or clarified to advance the corporate position.<\/p>\n

Here is the column:<\/p>\n

<\/span>After Facebook\u2019s oversight board this week upheld the social media giant\u2019s\u00a0continuing ban of former President Trump<\/a>, the response of Rep.\u00a0Ilhan Omar<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(D-Minn.) captured the visceral joy of many on the left: She posted a series of laughing emojis.<\/p>\n

Welcome to Free Speech, Inc.: the Democratic incorporation of free speech built around the a presumption of corporate censorship (for some).<\/p>\n

Of course, Democrats insist they are not attacking free speech, just combating \u201cdisinformation.\u201d After all, they say, private companies have every right to control speech \u2014 unless you are, say, a bakery opposed to preparing a cake for a same-sex wedding, or a company contributing to political causes. The current mantra defending Facebook\u2019s corporate speech rights seems strikingly out of sync with years of Democrats and\u00a0political\u00a0activists\u00a0demanding the curtailment of such rights.<\/p>\n

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