Spotify and Free Speech

[Flap]

Again... everyone here is trying ignore the fact that certain "social media sites/functions" are how BILLIONS of people communicate.

Not recognizing that fact, or trying to ignore it, leads to this utter back and forth bullshit. It's again... for the third time... how people can argue this non-stop depending on what way they're feeling that day - to support their position.

Certain entities have taken over (ie. "official Twitter accounts for the Office of the President") - but they can still censor that "Official" Twitter Account of a sitting President....

If people want to be blind to that...and argue that Twitter (and those like it) are "just normal private companies"... you are being 100% disingenuous. Hell most "news" is just "news agencies" posting links to Facebook/Twitter/etc... they are in effect "public utilities" aka "telecom companies" aka "the 21st century Phone company".

Stop trying to make like they're not. This isn't some small company trying to make a buck.

They are ONE OPTION that billions of people have to communicate. Kicking someone off of FB or Twitter doesn't prevent them from communicating.

It's actually pretty difficult to keep people from communicating online, in case you didn't know. There are wholeass nations that completely block FB and Twitter, but people still use Telegram and Signal and other encrypted messaging to get around it.

[Parkbandit]

Remove all the artificial protections offered by Congress and let the legal system sort it out.

[~Rocktar~]

Remove all the artificial protections offered by Congress and let the legal system sort it out.

^^ This

[Methais]

It is about giving preferential treatment to the speech of conservatives who want to post the aforementioned content on someone else's private space over the 1st amendment rights of those who own that space. That is NOT what free speech is. This current notion on the right that freedom means never being told no, no matter whose rights are trampled on the process, is perversely wrong. They are trying to get the government to give them privileged speech, and they're doing it by intentionally ignoring or downplaying the rights of other private individuals who then have to lose their own 1st amendment rights in order to give these conservatives what they want.

Pretty sure it's about the heavy handed leftist selective enforcement of their own "rules" where as long as they agree with what's being said, then the rules don't matter.

But you knew that already. You're just a huge liar.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Remove all the artificial protections offered by Congress and let the legal system sort it out.

Down for this.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

So apparently not all of Neil Young's work is off of Spotify.

[Tgo01]

So apparently not all of Neil Young's work is off of Spotify.

That's hilarious.

[Parkbandit]

So apparently not all of Neil Young's work is off of Spotify.

There's more than 1 song?

[Suppressed Poet]

Well I hope Neil Young will remember a Southern man don’t need him around.

(That’s seriously what comes to my mind when I try to think of a Neil Young song.)

[Bhaalizmo]

Well I hope Neil Young will remember a Southern man don’t need him around.

(That’s seriously what comes to my mind when I try to think of a Neil Young song.)

Same.

Followed closely by "keep on rockin the free world"

I can't explain why but him and Dylan have always been on a short list of harsh vocalists that get some acclaim, but that I'm not really into. From his era I love some songs by Janis, Hendrix, or even Crosby, but I've never really loved a Neil Young song.