Were members banned?

[shtferbrains]

Tom4?

[TOM4CWB]

Tom4?

As I stated earlier... the possible legal liabilities to these people... and Agriville were more than theoretical issues. A warning was given... not understood... perhaps we can all add this to our 'learned lessons'... it is very humbling... and extremely expensive when legal proceedings must be defended against...

'Social Media' has been put on notice... in Canadian law; that legally they now hold responsibility to monitor and remove comments that can be taken the wrong way... particularly when health matters that have 'public health' safety implications are involved. Facebook and Twitter have responded to this issue. And no I did not complain nor communicate my "Legal" 'opinion' on these possible legal litigation issues...[was taught this and learned the hard way through recent costly experience defending against legal litigation] in recent days leading up to our present situation. Personal "constitutional rights'...are a relative matter... "Free Speech" is not free nor guaranteed under Canadian law... if "Peace, order, and "Good Government" constitutional authority is involved and invoked by government authorities on the above public issues;
particularly health matters... IMHO.

Cheers, our 'brave' new world... leaves behind many 'freedoms' we were accustomed to taking as rights and for granted.

[TOM4CWB]

As I stated earlier... the possible legal liabilities to these people... and Agriville were more than theoretical issues. A warning was given... not understood... perhaps we can all add this to our 'learned lessons'... it is very humbling... and extremely expensive when legal proceedings must be defended against...

'Social Media' has been put on notice... in Canadian law; that legally they now hold responsibility to monitor and remove comments that can be taken the wrong way... particularly when health matters that have 'public health' safety implications are involved. Facebook and Twitter have responded to this issue. And no I did not complain nor communicate my "Legal" 'opinion' on these possible legal litigation issues...[was taught this and learned the hard way through recent costly experience defending against legal litigation] in recent days leading up to our present situation. Personal "constitutional rights'...are a relative matter... "Free Speech" is not free nor guaranteed under Canadian law... if "Peace, order, and "Good Government" constitutional authority is involved and invoked by government authorities on the above public issues;
particularly health matters... IMHO.

Cheers, our 'brave' new world... leaves behind many 'freedoms' we were accustomed to taking as rights and for granted.

P.S. ... from a farm 'risk management' perspective... Covid-19 issues [litigation liability coverage] I was told by my insurance carrier... are not covered in liability commonly carried in farm insurance policies... nor was any additional coverage available to purchased; when I inquired last week.

This adds a further legal level of monetary risk to "social 'media'" carriers... I would respectfully suggest... from what I have learned.

BTW... our yellow seed pea germinations came back poorly... cereals look to be good germs generally this year...

Low trading volumes with high volatility in many commodity markets this 'holiday' season... the atmospheric rivers hitting the Vancouver region could further add price risk to our marketing plans!

Cheers

[Blaithin]

I was told on Facebook this week that raw eggs are only a salmonella risk if eaten more than once a week. I wonder if that would stand up legally if I got sick… 🤔

[agstar77]

Besides the legal liabilities , there is a moral obligation to not allow the spread of disinformation which harms society as a whole. Free speech is only as good as the message and if it does not harm the rights of everyone.

[Partners]

It would appear that the following were placed into the penalty box for 90 days:

-thebigwheel
-sumdumguy
-farmboy44
-burnt
-parsley
-Ache4Acres
-jazz
-biglentil
-jwab
-dmlfarmer
-Stormin
-newguy
-foragefarmer

That's just what I'm seeing on my end. Perhaps others. Gonna be awful quiet around here. Plenty of those individuals had intriguing viewpoints on alot of topics other than Covid.

Personally I think it would be nice if we could keep the commodity forum more "ag" related. If there's an element of covid that you can draw back to ag, then by all means it should be allowed. If you want to rip at each others throats then probably best to put that somewhere else.

Add Caseih to the list.

[Jordy2323]

'Social Media' has been put on notice... in Canadian law; that legally they now hold responsibility to monitor and remove comments that can be taken the wrong way... particularly when health matters that have 'public health' safety implications are involved.

Besides the legal liabilities , there is a moral obligation to not allow the spread of disinformation which harms society as a whole. Free speech is only as good as the message and if it does not harm the rights of everyone.

So does a forum moderator now need to be a trained lawyer, and medical doctor to determine what is and isn't allowed to be posted?
Who decides what is disinformation?
Or is it just what the government's narrative is on that particular day?

With the narrative changing almost daily, every arm of media could be accused of misinformation at some point... including our own government.

The fact that government, and media are allowed to censor solely on their biased (constant changing) views, is an extremely slippery slope.

[agstar77]

So does a forum moderator now need to be a trained lawyer, and medical doctor to determine what is and isn't allowed to be posted?
Who decides what is disinformation?
Or is it just what the government's narrative is on that particular day?

With the narrative changing almost daily, every arm of media could be accused of misinformation at some point... including our own government.

The fact that government, and media are allowed to censor solely on their biased (constant changing) views, is an extremely slippery slope.

If you cannot recognize those that are posting garbage just promote their agenda than you should not be a moderator.

[Partners]

If you cannot recognize those that are posting garbage just promote their agenda than you should not be a moderator.

So why are you still here?
Most of your posts were just insults..
And B.S..

[agstar77]

So why are you still here?
Most of your posts were just insults..
And B.S..

So pointing out the truth is insulting?