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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by TameAntelope on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:25PM (#27860189)
A "public square" online designation would effectively be the nationalization of whatever service gets that designation.

I, for one, don't think the US government should be in charge of Twitter.

Taking private companies and forcing them to say certain things is not how I'd like this country to evolve, and as long as the 1st Amendment exists, is not how it will evolve. "Public Square" designations for private companies cannot exist alongside the 1st Amendment, period.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by Ostrogodsky on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:18PM (#27860774)
OK, and then what happens when a cartel of the big companies decide what and who can publish stuff?
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