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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by tw04 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @07:54PM (#23719434)
> For starters, being deplatformed from major online players today would have serious consequences. Although it's true that these platforms are "private property," the entire society has become too reliant on them to be seen that way.

With is why the KKK was allowed to run full page, front page ads in national newspapers 60 years ago. No? We’ve always allowed private companies to block content they deemed unworthy, regardless of whether they were relied on by the public.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by soraminazuki on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:04PM (#23719968)
Ordinary people don't have the resources to run a newspaper ad, so it's not what I was referring to. I had things like your email and social media accounts in mind, where banning has consequences other than not being able to deliver hate speech.
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