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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by RIMR on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:59PM (#24795332)
If anything, the first amendment explicitly protects a private organization's right to curate their own platforms the way they see fit.

Twitter could declare support of Donald Trump a bannable offense today, and those people can promptly sign up for a site like Parler.

And Parler has even more censorship. Adult work is completely legal in the US, and pornography is a form of constitutionally protected free speech, yet Parler strictly prohibits it on "Decency" grounds.

I see no problem with social netoworks drawing a line in the sand. The big ones can draw a line at violence, hatred, and fascism. The little ones can draw the same line and stand shamefully on the other side.

And nobody loses their right to speak.

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