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It does not, because there's no 1A issue as the first amendment does not grant you any protections from your employer. Now, as I said before, if you want to ha
by ncallaway 9y ago
It does not, because there's no 1A issue as the first amendment does not grant you any protections from your employer.
Now, as I said before, if you want to have a discussion about whether Twitter and Google and other modern media companies should have some 1A responsibilities in their role as gatekeepers to online speech, that's a discussion that's entirely separate† from Twitter and Google's responsibilities to their employees.
†I would still argue that, despite their relative power over online discussions, Twitter and Google as private entities are not bound by the first amendment in any capacity—nor should they be.
Privates entities aren't required to provide you a soapbox.
- stcredzero 9y agoIt does not, because there's no 1A issue as the first amendment does not grant you any protections from your employer. I was clearly referring to the greater issue with regards to Google's general power in our culture and what the attitude within Google which was revealed in this event might mean. Not only did you state that you did not want to have that discussion, but then you just tried to shove words in my mouth as if I were trying to have your different discussion and advocating an unsupportable point. Privates entities aren't required to provide you a soapbox. Private entities shouldn't be allowed to knock down everyone else's soapbox, which is precisely what Google's market power allows them to more or less do.
- tptacek 9y agoThen aren't you confusing your argument (and your readers) by referring to the First Amendment, which has literally no bearing on this situation?