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by danaris
1988 days ago
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The government makes rules laying out the worst extremes: for instance, no direct incitement to violence. Facebook makes rules for what, above and beyond that, is not allowed on Facebook. Twitter makes rules for what, above and beyond the government's rules, is not allowed on Twitter. This...really isn't hard. |
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It's worth pointing out that Trump's videos yesterday -- praising the people who had just attacked and sacked the Capitol Building during a joint session of congress and conspicuously refusing to demand they leave -- were probably legally an incitement to violence regardless. Certainly normal prosecutors could get convictions on that sort of thing[1] in normal courts. The only reason it seems gray is because the speaker is the President.
[1] Remember that in context they were at the capitol because Trump himself, in person, had directed they march there just an hour before. I mean, really, that's pretty open-and-shut as far as mens rea.