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A comment on YouTube can restrict PragerU because it is a private forum, appeals court rules. Parent comment

Re:YouTube can restrict PragerU because it is a private foru... by magicalist on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:34AM (#22434757)
> I hope Prager appeals, this could easily reach the SC and potentially be an even more influential case than Marsh.

Or as pointed out in the article, probably not:

> Appeals court judges were not convinced. They pointed to a Supreme Court case[1] from last year in which plaintiffs unsuccessfully "tested a theory that resembled PragerU's approach, claiming that a private entity becomes a state actor through its 'operation' of the private property as 'a public forum for speech.'" The case involved public access channels on a cable TV system.

[1] https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/manhattan-commun...

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Re:YouTube can restrict PragerU because it is a private foru... by AdamJacobMuller on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:44AM (#22434904)
"Manhattan Community Access Corp" doesn't seem to have the same market power as Google/Youtube. I still think this will be a novel SC case.

Interestingly Manhattan Community Access Corp is definitely in some regards closer to a state actor, being authorized by NYC to operate.

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