There is an argument to be made, and it will likely be made soon in the courts, that these businesses - though private - constitute the modern equivalent of the Greek agora. The approach to take is centuries of "common carriage" laws - mail services, airlines, telephone companies all must serve everyone regardless of political (and other) viewpoints.
Democracies (and our democratic-representative Republic) require free exchange of ideas. What a shame it would be if in our 21st century we rolled back the application of this principle to only verbal conversations face-to-face... because "private businesses" like the phone company, ISPs, social media platforms, and messaging application developers were permitted to restrict the public discourse. If Facebook (et al) wanted to be as big as they have become, then they deserve the regulation that comes with it.
The 1A says the government can't censor you. This is something that can be found with a quick internet search. Don' t believe me? Try it.
You'll catch more flies with honey than snark...
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