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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by smsm42 on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:45PM (#19549954)
"Imminent lawless action" is not the same as "shouting some words". People shouted "fire" in theaters hundreds of times - e.g. during plays - and nothing happened. Only when it causes - or is imminent to cause - the actual action, can it be punished. Just as saying "shoot him" is not restricted speech - unless you are saying it to an accomplice who then murders a person. There needs to be an independent lawless act, and speech needs to be used as a prerequisite or a tool for it.

> Private corporations can deplatform whatever they like for any legal reason.

Legally, they can. Morally, they shouldn't.

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