The decision, as it always has been, is which freedoms we want corporations to have, and which we do not. That is a public policy choice, and it is not answered by an absolute statement like they "can do what they want because they're private", as if they are not subject to law.
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If you think a private corporation should have the right to censor, _say why you think that should be the law_. Don't pretend that somehow private corporations aren't already restrainted by thousands of laws, so somehow it would be "weird" if they were barred from censoring.
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Equally shocking is that this mantra is repeated by people who feel they know everything about economics, but have no idea WHY open markets are supposed to be virtuous: competition. You can’t be a free marketeer AND defend anti-competitive behavior at the same time.
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fixed quote: "powerful & connected corporations do what they want" creating more laws requires humans to enforce... enforcers get captured by big co.s & "perform" @ jobs focusing entirely on small "crimes" by small players & omitting overt large corruption FBI, FINRA, FCC...
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Corps have the right to do anything within the bounds of the law and regulatory frameworks. That includes the choice of what content they carry. If you want to require them to carry content, you’ll need a regulation that restricts their ability to limit what they carry.
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If they choose what they publish, they should be subject to publishing laws (own the consequences of their choices)
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