Re:UK ditches ban on 'legal but harmful' online content in f...
by ycombigator1 on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @11:33AM
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It depends what is effectively a public square.
Having a community moderated by its members is not the same as a huge corporation (which has control over one of a very limited number of effectual public squares) denying a user the right to express an opinion it simply doesn't like - in the same way that (UK) businesses are not allowed to discriminate (e.g. deny gay cake decorations by a religious cake decorator).
Corporations are legal entities in and of themselves, that exist for specific purposes. They are not people.
Having a community moderated by its members is not the same as a huge corporation (which has control over one of a very limited number of effectual public squares) denying a user the right to express an opinion it simply doesn't like - in the same way that (UK) businesses are not allowed to discriminate (e.g. deny gay cake decorations by a religious cake decorator).
Corporations are legal entities in and of themselves, that exist for specific purposes. They are not people.