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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by petewailes on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:43AM (#21408602)
It's censoring advertising (or it would be if they did it), not speech.

That's not even remotely the same.

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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by colejohnson66 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:05PM (#21413119)
Technically, they are kindof the same. The Supreme Court has ruled that commercial speech (of which advertising is a part of) has Constitutional protection.[0][1]

[0]: https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center...

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

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Re:Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook political ads policy ... by petewailes on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:41PM (#21413511)
With very hefty caveats. It's not a blanket protection
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