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Social media influencer Andrew Tate sues Meta, TikTok for over $50 million for ‘deplatforming’ him (globalnews.ca)

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Isn't andrew tate in a Romania prison for child sex trafficking?

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 61 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You misspelled "rapist and sex trafficker who looks like Gollum"

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 11 points 4 hours ago

Why you gotta do my man Sméagol like that?

[–] jmd_akbar@aussie.zone 15 points 5 hours ago

Now that's just unfair on poor Gollum... 😜

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 21 points 5 hours ago

Ladies and gentlemen! Line up to see conservative influences turn against free enterprise if it means that businesses are allowed to deny service to shitbags, and then twist and contort themselves to support it once again when a bakery refuses to make a cake for a gay wedding!

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Oh discovery ought to be interesting.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 8 points 4 hours ago

Trump will pitch a fit and big tech will settle and reinstate Tater Tots accounts.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 6 points 4 hours ago

[+] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world -6 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

I hate that he is doing it, but this needed to happen sooner than later. I just wish it was someone that was ‘deplatformed’ for no good reason… they will find many reasons to deplatform him.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

Sorta agreed, but the ruling could set a bad precedent if he wins.

[–] eldebryn@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Private platforms have every right to ban you, even if they just don't like you or your political beliefs. Censorship is mostly happening by the government and systematic media.

And that is why federated platforms are so important. If most people don't wanna see someone's bullshit they can ban him. And he has the right to run his own instance.

Note that I'm not defending Tate here. Many of his words and actions are actually harmful or hateful and he deserves to be arrested.

But there's a line between "illegal/harmful" and "unlikeable" which we need to remember.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm sure Trump will see many, many great and fabulous reasons to re-platform him.

Well why, would you look at that, a fellow rapist, and he's a trafficker too?! Hey, Elon, Suck, promote this man NOW!