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Re:Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from... by krapp on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:46AM (#19645219)
There is no such thing as a "contract if you will to the public" nor do any "commitments" that Mozilla has made to the "public at large" (whatever those are supposed to be) constitute a contract in any legally binding sense.

>If mozilla wants to exercise their right to free association as censorship platform, then they need to give up their Tax Exempt status, as well as cease all public advertisement around "Our mission: Keep the internet open and accessible to all."

Firefox extensions are not the internet.

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Re:Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from... by gspetr on Friday April 12, 2019 @06:22PM (#19649580)
You're being unnecessarily literal, it's clear that the parent misspoke and meant social contract[0], not a direct, legal one.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract

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Re:Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from... by krapp on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:12PM (#19649876)
Losing tax exempt status and being barred from mentioning a mission statement sound like legal, not social consequences. My impression was that the parent believed Mozilla was breaking some actual law regarding truth in advertising or something by claiming their mission was to "keep the internet open and accessible to all" while also curating plugins.
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