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Re:Expensify's CEO emailed 10M customers urging them to vote... by rektide on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:38PM (#24873841)
> First of all they are essentially public utilities, they shouldn't regulate speech as long as it's legal.

Hard no. There is no legal nor moral basis for this. Absolutely not.

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Re:Expensify's CEO emailed 10M customers urging them to vote... by Grustaf on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:32PM (#24890079)
There is no legal basis for them NOT to censor? What does that mean?
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Re:Expensify's CEO emailed 10M customers urging them to vote... by rektide on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:22AM (#24897139)
They are not utilities in any way. They are private entities.

They can control speech however they want in their realm. If they want to censor, it's completely in their right.

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