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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by anoonmoose on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:10PM (#19811498)
"Despite its connections, the Council is by charter independent of the U.S. government and NATO, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization."[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Council

I guess what I'm saying is, Facebook is a private company by any reasonable legal interpretation.

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by StanislavPetrov on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:05PM (#19812190)
Their claims of independence are irrelevant - they are funded directly by NATO. Its a pity the Hacker News woke crowd is so hostile to the 1st Amendment - a sign of the times.

http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2013/02/atlantic-council-relea...

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by anoonmoose on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:30AM (#19839196)
I'm not hostile to the 1A, I just recognize that the Constitution applies to actions made by the government and not by private companies. Facebook can take money from NATO and still be private.
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