_ Should they have the freedom to decide they don't like my forum and kick me off?_
I would say the opposite: No. While it might be _legal_ for them to kick me off, I don't think a private company should decide what I say on their platform. For example, should my ISP block websites of competing ISPs if they so choose? What about posting on Facebook that Comcast sucks, should I get my internet disabled for that?
Re:Removing Holocaust Denial Content
by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @03:38AM
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> Similarly, if you rent a shop space in a food plaza and start a car mechanic's garage there, the owner of the food plaza will kick you out.
I think a better analogy would be getting kicked out for serving food that the plaza owner doesn't approve of.
Yes. Their infrastructure is still private property, and you're using it to provide your own service. Similarly, if you rent a shop space in a food plaza and start a car mechanic's garage there, the owner of the food plaza will kick you out.
That the government has a hard-on for monopolies doesn't change the fact that you're still building your service on private infrastructure.