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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by sneak on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:18PM (#23317103)
Seems to me that their argument against censorship should be even stronger, then, as editorializing is protected expression.
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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by dleslie on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:27AM (#23319637)
It would be, yes, and if Trump acts on his threats to investigate censure on social media then this may be a good position to take.

The problem is that being a publisher brings greater legal liability for the content that they publish; whereas as carrier/platform can wash their hands of the data that they transmit and claim that they have no part of it.

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