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Just fyi, scotus long ago ruled that private ownership does not always allow censorship. If a private space has historically offered and especially advertised as free speech or became a defacto town square, it is in fact a constitutional violation for each and every censorship offense.

As Twitter, facebook, and youtube were originally offered as free speech platforms, technically, according to established federal laws and legal precedent, it is illegal and unconstitutional to censor people on these platforms regardless of ownership status.

If only we were a country of laws, ruled by laws.

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Isn't this why people were pushing for section 230 reform?

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Only ever half paid attention to the section 230 stuff. I'll defer to you on this one.

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My basic understanding is it protects social media from rules publishers face but they are supposed to adhere to free speech principles in exchange for those protections.