The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that corporations have 1st Amendment rights.
You have to remember that "corporation" can mean any group organized for a purpose. It can be Exxon, but it can also be Planned Parenthood or AARP.
People who can't speak loudly enough by themselves have a right to organize into a corporation, pool their money, and speak loudly together.
You can argue that a business should not be both a commercial enterprise and a holder of 1st Amendment rights, but that's not what the law says. And anyway, it would be an impossible line to draw.
Re:Why we are suing the Administration
by brandonmenc on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:22PM
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> corporations have 1st Amendment rights.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't forbidding them from censoring user content orthogonal to this?
I was responding only to a single previous post[1]. If you think it's out of context, take it up with them, I guess.
Re:Why we are suing the Administration
by RandoHolmes on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:48AM
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It would be no more impossible than having a non-profit, it would just require a new legal status.
Non-profits are a tax status, not a legal status.
Re:Why we are suing the Administration
by RandoHolmes on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:51PM
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You say potato, I say potahto...
Turns out tax status is enforced by laws. Weird, I know.
"well akshually...". just don't.
Why not? We have granted ourselves the right to limit the rights of corporations.
The individual owners can keep their individual rights.