Would you rather government dictate to a private business how it should choose to run its website?
there are many things facebook isn't legally allowed to do. why would we draw the line at monopolizing the public square, and deleting free speech?
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I obviously don’t want Facebook to delete free speech. But Facebook is a private company and it would be unfair for the federal gov to force it to respect free speech when other businesses don’t have the same obligation.
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It could be argued that, via Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Facebook gained the benefits of editorial control with no corresponding liabilities for not exercising it. Free speech strings could be attached to that benefit. See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont,_Inc._v._Prodigy_Services_Co ….
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