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the right of publicly traded companies to regulate speech on their platforms
13 Feb 2023 5:38 pm
What if the government is directly involved in the censorship? Kind of a gray area. Yes platforms have the right to censor or deplatform but when they do so, at the behest of government, it gets a little murky.slideman » 13 Feb 2023, 2:02 pm » wrote: ↑ "So the answer to the question, "Do you have a right not to be kicked off a social media platform?" is no! You have no such right. Many people are shocked to learn that the First Amendment free speech guarantee, along with all constitutional rights, only protects us against the government. So, if the government interferes with your freedom of speech, you can bring a First Amendment lawsuit to challenge that. And that's true whether we're talking about a federal government official or a state or local government official. But guess what? Facebook, Twitter, the other social media platforms are not the government."