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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by codegeek on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:11PM (#33377185)
This is a honest question. Why do people talk about "free speech" because there is no such thing outside of 1st Amendment which is to ensure that Govt. cannot do anything to an individual. For private businesses, where is this free speech coming from ? Twitter banning someone (whether you agree or disagree) is not a violation of free speech unless the definition has changed.
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by freespeechrox on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:37PM (#33377582)
Yes, that’s fair and I’m using colloquial shorthand on mobile.

What I mean to say is that I support a company freely choosing to adopt a content moderation policy that aligns as closely as possible to the US 1st Amendment.

I think the US 1st Amendment is among (if not the) strongest free speech laws in the world, and it would be beneficial to society to have a major social media platform adopt that ideal as their North Star.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by qu4z-2 on Friday October 28, 2022 @06:13PM (#33378643)
Freedom of speech is a principle. The US 1st Amendment is one specific implementation of that principle, but generally people asking for free speech are making a moral argument, not a legal one.
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