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Re:Freedom of speech is in retreat by jamespo on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @09:54AM (#11854498)
Restricting a company from doing business as it likes within legal boundaries sounds pretty UnAmerican too.
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Re:Freedom of speech is in retreat by paulryanrogers on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:08AM (#11854600)
True, but there is a middle ground. The users of the service could boycott or make their voices heard in other ways.

Of course when a single company has a near monopoly due to network effect they become a defacto government.

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Re:Freedom of speech is in retreat by SolaceQuantum on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:23AM (#11854690)
A government is defined significantly more than the ability to maybe tell you you can't say X or Y thing in their virtual space.
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