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Re:Testimony of Mark Zuckerberg – Hearing Before US House of... by cazum on Monday April 09, 2018 @12:35PM (#16794537)
A private advertising medium (Facebook, twitter, the TV station, etc) are not responsible for upholding your first amendment right to free speech. They are a private entity that get to decide what gets published on their platform.

The first amendment only frees your speech from state suppression.

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Re:Testimony of Mark Zuckerberg – Hearing Before US House of... by PurpleBoxDragon on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:58PM (#16795317)
Yeah, upon rereading it I realize it was speaking from the point of Facebook. I though it had been speaking from the point of a government requirement, as in making a suggestion of what should be required by law. That one was my mistake.
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Re:Testimony of Mark Zuckerberg – Hearing Before US House of... by gaius on Monday April 09, 2018 @02:26PM (#16795578)
They are a private entity that get to decide what gets published on their platform

Except when they want to hide behind the legal defence of “common carrier”. Can’t have it both ways.

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