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Re:We Chat, They Watch by JSavageOne on Thursday May 07, 2020 @11:25PM (#23111113)
> it's a private company doing the censoring and there's no issue with that

That's certainly not a universally agreed upon perspective. Just because you're a private company doesn't mean you can do anything you want (eg. discrimination), hence the existence of regulations.

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Re:We Chat, They Watch by imajoo on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:50AM (#23111784)
I think one major issue with FB's stance is they say they are not a publisher but rather a platform.. of course, they do tend to use whatever is convenient to them sometimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/02/facebook-...

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Re:We Chat, They Watch by endgame on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:36AM (#23111428)
Also many of us argue about the principle of free speech, not the literal text of the First Amendment.
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