On 1/12/2021 12:33 AM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 1/11/2021 6:08 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> On 1/11/2021 4:26 AM, David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 1/11/2021 12:44 AM, Daniel wrote: >>>> David E. Ross wrote on 11/01/21 09:14: >>>>> On 1/10/2021 12:08 PM, Ray Davison wrote: >>>>>> I get a news letter from a doctor. Twitter banned him because he >>>>>> described his experience treating people with CCP virus. He moved to >>>>>> Parler and took 28K followers with him. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now Twitter has banned Trump. Trump moved to Parler. >>>>>> >>>>>> Parler used Amazon servers. Amazon has banned Parler. >>>>>> >>>>>> Free speech anyone? >>>>>> >>>>>> Ray >>>>> >>>>> The right of free speech in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution >>>>> only applies to government action, not to the actions of businesses and >>>>> individuals. >>>>> >>>> I would have thought "free speech" would also give the provider the >>>> freedom *NOT* to reply to or even to carry an article! >>> >>> Given today's broad definition of "press", that falls under freedom of >>> the press. "Press" now seems to include not only print media but also >>> electronic media. >>> >> No it does not. The 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution >> *only* apply to Government action. The 1st applies to Federal Government >> action, the 14th applies to state action. >> >> Regards >> Keith N. McKenna >> > > I was replying to the comment that "free speech" gave newspapers and > electronic platforms the right to carry or refuse to carry an article. > That is not "free speech"; that is "freedom of the press". Yes, > Amendment 1 prevents the federal government from infringing on both free > speech and freedom of the press, which was extended to the states by > Amendment 14. > > Someone once said the freedom of the press belongs to he who owns the > printing press. It has long been the answer to anyone who objects when > a newspaper refuses to publish his or her letter to the editor. Extend > that to electronic platforms, and that becomes the answer to anyone who > objects to being censored by Facebook, Twitter, or any other electronic > medium. > My apologies David. It is what I get for replying so early in the morning for me. Also as a History major and Political Science minor in college I decry the woeful ignorance of so many U.S. citizens of the Constitution. We as a nation would be well served by bringing back the teaching of Civics in our public and private schools.
Again my apologies Keith _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
