JonathanMeta just paid Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit that his first amendment rights were violated when he was removed from Instagram.
The First Amendment does not grant you a platform.
So the corruption is just flagrant at this point.
"Tribute paid, my liege"
- Mark Zuckerberg, on Rogan, while wearing his million dollar watch, probably
I've thought for a long time that paying a judgment would be a great way of transferring money.
Meta now considering moving its head office to Texas
SearingTruth"Each step a crumbling one."
SearingTruth
Karl Auerbach@jmcrookston "Settlement" or "Bribe"?
@karlauerbach no, tribute
Simon Keating@jmcrookston @lisamelton just waiting for the “Freedom of Inauguration Funds” act by some House Rep that let’s Trump absorb unused Inauguration donations however he pleases
Dan SeitzPairs well with Zuck's increasingly desperate pitch to say AI will save his advertising dependent company.
derptron@jmcrookston "The First Amendment does not grant you a platform."
It does actually. I imagine this isn't a right we'll have much longer, but it HAS been held that the first amendment grants that any public platform must be made available to all, including the most egregious expressions.
This means stuff like if they let a religious group put a statue up in the courthouse the satanists can put theirs up also. Also means Nazis can do their little marches.
FB isn't public though.
Auntie Mame@jmcrookston Bribe. 1A doesn’t apply here.
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PetraPanda@jmcrookston but the founding fathers said he can be on insta and nuuuhr!
RejZoR@jmcrookston Dumbass doesn't know 1st amendment only covers ability to openly criticize government without consequences. The fucking government he is a part of now. Given that Musk is part of it now too, people who get canceled on X for criticizing Musk or Trump could call up on 1st amendment.
Phil Landmeier@jmcrookston Exactly. Meta is private property. The First Amendment does not apply on private property.
You do not have free speech in my living room. You speak at my pleasure. I can throw you out.
Out on the sidewalk you have free speech.
Trump had no case.
Now, if Congress declared Meta to be a common carrier then yes. But that's not the case here.
ChuS 水 (ManchaPod)@jmcrookston it's a tribute, a tithe.
Simon Flett@jmcrookston Meta probably formed the view it couldn't win. Because the SCOTOS is packed with Trump placemen. Loss of confidence in the impartiality of Courts corrodes the fabric of society.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@jmcrookston Hey, can I have $25m from Musk because I've been blocked from Twitter?
@TimWardCam Oh I'm so sorry your rights have been so trampled. If there are any thoughts or prayers that I can send your way, just let me know and I'll be sure to pray that my thoughts and prayers get prayed to you for thoughts and prayers for your loss of rights. Again, it's just so very sad.
hikewithrichard@jmcrookston I am so happy that I am innundated with ads on FB, IG & Co to pay pot de vin to Trump. They could turn off ads for hours or even days if they just waste their revenue like this.
@harmonicarichard last time I went on it was absolutely garbage. I presume its stock price is just wishful thinking.
@jmcrookston FB has a monopoly. I want Instagram and Whatsapp to be split from FB. They control 2 to three billion peoples' communications. They have too much power. After the last week or two I really want to break from Threads, IG and FB, and Whatsapp but normal people love Whatsapp. I would prefer Signal.
Leather Cub Andrew Aû@jmcrookston not to mention that for the first ammendment to apply, they'd have to give everyone a platform... including us pesky leftists who hate corporate bullshit and speak out