Social media sites must be held legally and financially accountable for the abuses they commit against users.
SOCIAL MEDIA has profoundly impacted the way we interact with one another and the world around us. Today you can connect with anyone through networking sites that cover virtually every special interest out there. In fact, there are even some social networks with user bases larger than the population of some countries. While the phenomena of social media continues to grow, so do the dangers it poses to users.
Sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube deceptively attract millions of unsuspecting users every day to make huge profits off them only to abuse, censor, discriminate, and mistreat them with complete impunity. Here you will find a few of the worst social media sites to-date. Why does a networking or social media site abuse, discriminate, or mistreat its users? Simply because it can get away with it! And what can you do to correct these shameful attacks on Internet equality, human rights, and basic democracy?
Below is an idea with some insight into what you can do to make the Internet and social media sites more accountable, equitable, user-friendly, and respectful of your constitutional rights and civil liberties.
FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOUTUBE, ET AL, ARE PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS FORBIDDEN
TO BULLY, CENSOR, OR DISCRIMINATE POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, OR RELIGIOUS VIEWS
WARNING! Do you believe that the future of free speech and the Internet freedom in general, depends on your right to enjoy civil, free, and uncensored communications? Think about it. How will you know what is true and what is false without uncensored, freedom of expression and of free access to information?
This message is to alert you that Facebook (now META), YouTube, Vimeo, and other social media companies, systematically VIOLATE your constitutional rights and freedoms by denying you free access to views and information. These media platforms do this by arbitrarily blocking people and/or unilaterally deleting pages and groups expressing dissenting political, religious or philosophical concepts, information, or ideas.
Internet social media companies are, in a very real sense, public accommodations. As such, they need to be subject to the Federal Public Accommodations law (42 U.S. Code §2000). Under this law, all persons are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined by this federal law, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.
Generally speaking, a “public accommodation” includes privately-owned businesses and facilities (regardless of type) that offer goods or services to the general public – including entertainment or information forums such as Internet social media companies.
Help end Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, etc., censorship and discrimination. If you have been the victim of discrimination by Facebook or any other Internet social media company, you should file a timely complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [https://civilrights.justice.gov/report/] or with the United States attorney in your area. You may also file suit in the U.S. district court. Protect your rights. If you don’t, who will?
Additionally, why not personally contact your two U.S. Senators as well as your local Congressman? Why not let them know that you and your family are looking to them to introduce federal legislation ending Internet censorship and discrimination?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2000a?fbclid=IwAR3d-P32cwal16UyICudn_gEJfgxS7m81n_scSnF8GH-YxiKqD_2yoRHc38