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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by axus on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:58PM (#33012479)
I'd say political speech is a very important category of free speech.
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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by waaveshine on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:13PM (#33012657)
Electing not to host political advertisements on a private platform is not a free speech issue.
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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by SllX on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:53PM (#33013124)
It is when it’s a general purpose ad platform. It’s just not a First Amendment issue. Free speech isn’t just a synonym for a law that protects it from the government.
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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by weakfish on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:06PM (#33012576)
Free speech is only in reference to government restrictions not private platforms
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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by vikingerik on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:19PM (#33012734)
This comes up in every such discussion. The legalities of free speech apply only to government restriction, true. But the concept and ideals of free speech are something that a private platform can support and promote, or suppress and bury.

We need a concept to distinguish these for speech, like for software. Something like "Free as in legal" vs "Free as in voice".

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Re:Upcoming Restriction Period for US ads about social issue... by trasz on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:32PM (#33012880)
Ads are not speech.
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