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The talking heads may revolt but I see no 1st Amendment issue here. A privately-owned property may police its content as it sees fit. I would make the same cla
by untangle 8y ago
The talking heads may revolt but I see no 1st Amendment issue here. A privately-owned property may police its content as it sees fit.
I would make the same claim about players kneeling during the Anthem in an NFL game. To me, that stage (field) is a workplace and neither owned nor managed by the players. They have no right to kneel there.
In both cases, the protesters have every right to leave the platform and start their own. Of course, various extra-legal downsides may ensue from hard-edged prohibitions by the owners -- not the least of which is alienation of the workforce and/or customers.
IANAL but I wonder though at what point the policing content provider loses any Safe Harbor protections that it may have held. For example, would the portal become liable for some criminal activity that they miss?