" I don't know what the answer is"
Set up your own platforms, like smashyouinthefacebook and squeezebirdiesuntiltheyaretoodeadtotweet.
" the answer cannot be that the social media platforms are allowed to silence conservative opinions just because they don't like them or are offended by them"
Maybe at the point where offensive crosses the line into hate. The government can't make a law that says US platforms can't choose to use their European restrictions here.
Social media companies accelerate removals of online hate speech ...
Jan 18, 2018 - Social media companies Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have ... hate speech in the face of a potential European Union crackdown
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Countering illegal hate speech online
Brussels, 19 January 2018
The third evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal online hate speech carried out by NGOs and public bodies released today shows that IT companies removed on average 70% of illegal hate speech notified to them.
IP/18/261
What is the aim of this Code of Conduct?
Each of the IT companies (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Microsoft, and now Instagram) that signed this Code of Conduct is committed to countering the spread of illegal hate speech online.
europa.eu
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Google, Twitter, Facebook face terror law in EU crackdown on internet ...
Livemint-Jul 28, 2018
Brussels: Google, Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. have taken significant steps to expunge Islamic State propaganda and other terrorist content from their platforms.
But taking no chances, the European Union is set to propose a tough new law anyway — threatening internet platforms, big and small, with fines if they fail to take down terrorist material, according to people familiar with the proposals that could be unveiled as soon as September.
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