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Re:TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US b... by sumuyuda on Friday April 26, 2024 @04:33PM (#40173931)
Do users have a right to express themselves on a private platform? Private platforms aren’t a public forum.

Instead if the company was bought by big tech then shutdown some time later, is this also a free speech violation, as users are deprived of communicating by their preferred means?

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Re:TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US b... by patrickthebold on Friday April 26, 2024 @04:47PM (#40174084)
The First Amendment is a limit on what the government can do.

So a private company can shut down or ban users as it wishes. In this case, the key fact is that Congress passed a law.

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Re:TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US b... by jemmyw on Friday April 26, 2024 @05:23PM (#40174475)
However, they didn't pass a law shutting it down, they passed a law about location of ownership. Therefore it is still the company making the choice to shutdown vs selling, moving, or taking another action to comply.
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