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Re:The media's lab leak fiasco by gowld on Thursday May 27, 2021 @09:52PM (#27310895)
The First Amendment has always applied to private property "town squares" that are open to public, originally this was decided in the case of indoor shopping malls.
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Re:The media's lab leak fiasco by wpietri on Friday May 28, 2021 @12:45PM (#27317625)
I believe that's incorrect: https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/about/faq/do-individua...

If you're thinking of Pruneyard v Robbins, that only applies in CA. And that wasn't based on the 1st Amendment, but on California's own constitution.

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Re:The media's lab leak fiasco by lmm on Friday May 28, 2021 @03:31AM (#27312663)
I think/hope there would be raised eyebrows if government agencies set up shop in private malls. Malls have realistic alternatives. Twitter doesn't, even for some government services.
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