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Re:Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over C... by geoduck14 on Saturday March 27, 2021 @04:06PM (#26605161)
You can actually sue in court (in America) if a business kicks you out for protected reasons. So we don't need a governmental committee- we have the courts to arbitrate our cases for us.
Re:Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over C... by TulliusCicero on Saturday March 27, 2021 @07:34PM (#26606624)
And you think courts should be arbitrating every time some internet message board bans someone for posting porn or spam or a swastika? Because that's the implication of what you're saying here: let's let courts handle it.

Is this a serious suggestion? The courts are already overwhelmed, packed full of cases. And you want to throw potentially millions of minor cases where someone's mad about getting banned for flaming some other user onto their docket?

Re:Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over C... by nradov on Saturday March 27, 2021 @04:50PM (#26605521)
Politicians aren't a protected class under US discrimination laws. A politician banned from Facebook would generally have no legal grounds to sue.