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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by jb775 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:52PM (#25948014)
Serious question: Since RobinHood is a private company, does the "if you don't like it, you can build your own platform" argument apply here? Or does that only apply selectively when it benefits partisan politics?

This is the natural evolution when censorship as we've recently seen is given a pass.

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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by southeastern on Thursday January 28, 2021 @04:20PM (#25949396)
Censoring speech and regulating stock trading are categorically different. This doesn't cut across political lines as much as it does lines of class
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by jb775 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:56PM (#25954126)
Yes, but that still has absolutely nothing to do with a private company having the right to make their own business decisions.

The ACTUAL different is that since it doesn't cut across political lines, you want to treat the situation differently.

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