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Yes, I agree with you that it's within their rights to do so. The public square has effectively become platforms like YouTube. If I cannot participate in these

• res0nat0r 9y ago
  But Google is a private company and there are no laws (rightfully) to force them to display your opinions if they don't want to do so. Free speech laws just apply to the government not silencing you, not private companies.
• sqeaky 9y ago
  > The public square has effectively become platforms like YouTube. Then people have willfully given up their rights. Google and the companies they bought and developers they pay made their software services. People own this stuff it is property and the property owners get the say as long as they follow the laws. One could even argue they have to remove this stuff because much of it is "calls to violence" which are illegal and not protected by the first amendment. This might sound snide and dismissive, but that is not what I am going for, so I am sorry. You are free to make any service you like and host it. It has literally never been easier. Look at 4chan. The first versions cost nearly nothing to setup and maintain and that is about as free as speech gets. You can have whatever rules you like on your property. You apparently haven't gone through the effort of making a giant video or communication service so you have to play by the rules of the people who own the ones that exist. If you think you shouldn't have to make one to (to enforce your rules) then petition to make one, but that is really asking for trouble in my opinion.