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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by tablespoon on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:22PM (#26441118)
> Twitter and Facebook are common carriers, not private residences.

Except they aren't actually common carriers. Some people are of the opinion they should be, but having an opinion doesn't make it so.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by a1369209993 on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:59PM (#26441494)
> Some people are of the opinion they should be

I think (based on this) that you mean they aren't legally recognized as common carriers (which isn't what I said, but fair enough; edited to clarify).

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