Snapchat CEO Says Silencing Trump is Actually Free Speech

Evan Spiegel is a spindly armed little faggot with icicle fingers.

He’s got a pretty nice used up old whore though.

Remember that: millions of dollars will buy you a used up old woman in her thirties who was attractive 15 years ago and can put on enough makeup to be passable now. Only you will know how saggy her tits truly are.

That’s why you need millions of dollars.

Bloomberg:

Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel said the company was exercising its First Amendment right to free speech when it decided not to amplify President Donald Trump’s content to a broader audience — and he’s surprised other social media sites aren’t willing to do the same.

Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have been embroiled in controversy over their handling of Trump’s message, that said in part, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” as protests were gaining steam over racial injustice and police violence. Twitter put a warning label on the tweet, while Facebook declined to do so, prompting backlash from its employees. Spiegel took a broader approach, saying if Trump wanted to promote violence and racism on Twitter, Snapchat didn’t need to post his views on its Discover page.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been reluctant to fact check or remove content from politicians, citing free speech principles. Spiegel said the First Amendment actually protects the speech of companies against government censorship.

“I’ve been surprised that other platforms are less willing to exercise their First Amendment rights to decide what’s right and wrong,” Spiegel said in an interview. “We would be devastated if we felt like our products were being used to do bad things in the world.”

This is exactly what people like Ben Shapiro say about these companies – that they have their own First Amendment rights to censor. It’s a stupid argument that immediately falls apart.

Firstly, companies this size are always regulated by the government. Even if you’re a libertarian, you have to admit that everything is already regulated by the government so having one industry that is allowed to remain completely unregulated simply gives them a massive advantage over the rest of society in a completely unfair way.

Secondly, these companies are literally funded by the government through various tax incentives, and sometimes even grants.

Thirdly, the entire infrastructure they use was paid for by the taxpayer. They could not have companies without using this infrastructure. Getting kicked off of these services is like getting kicked out of a public park because you don’t believe in German gas chambers.

Fourthly, these companies are providing what are now critical services, meaning they should be subjected to universal service provisions.

Fifthly, the phone companies were subjected to “common carrier” universal service provisions back all the way in 1934.

Sixthly, these companies are the public space now, the modern town square, and they don’t have a right to deprive you of your Constitutional rights.

All of that amounts to this: we have a right to use these services, just like everyone else.

These people in Silicon Valley are not gods. They do not have a right to tell us what to do.

The only living gods who can order us around are the blacks.