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There should be a law in place whereby if you a prove a company was engaged in profitable advertising or activities and stopped doing those activities in respon
by programmerpass 2y ago
There should be a law in place whereby if you a prove a company was engaged in profitable advertising or activities and stopped doing those activities in response to political stances the company can be prosecuted.
Not sure where this would fit into the law though something like this would certainly curtail cancel culture like activity.
- darth_avocado 2y agoCompanies also have first amendment rights.
- scarface_74 2y agoYou’re going to make a company work with another company?
- programmerpass 2y agoThe inverse: ensure companies that are already working with companies are not leaving them for illegitimate reasons.
- fredophile 2y agoWho decides what reasons are legitimate?
- programmerpass 2y agoGreat question. I don’t have a good answer. Could a be a “facts and circumstances” type of legislation similar to the IRS. Many IRS rules go back to the “facts and circumstances” of a particular case to evaluate all the nuances relating to it.
- fredophile 2y agoI'm still not clear why you think this would be a good idea. Obviously you have opinions on what is "legitimate" in these situations. Can you explain more about this and how it wouldn't be a first ammendment violation to create such a law? What "facts and circumstances" are we interested in? Your original post mentioned ending business relationships due to political stances. Did you mean the political stance of the advertisers, the platform hosting ads, some third party or parties, a combination of the above, or something I've missed?
- scarface_74 2y agoUnless they are refusing to cook a cake for a gay couple… Look up “no duty to deal”.
- etchalon 2y agoIt'd also be blatantly unconstitutional.
- felixgallo 2y agohttps://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/compelled-speech/ https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/compelled-speech/