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It's constitutionally protected from the government infringing upon it. As Facebook is not the government, they are perfectly free to limit speech in any way th
by Godel_unicode 8y ago
It's constitutionally protected from the government infringing upon it. As Facebook is not the government, they are perfectly free to limit speech in any way they choose.
- hndamien 8y agoGovernments should answer to people primarily. Facebook primarily answers to advertisers. This distinction is often forgotten.
- YorkshireSeason 8y agoThe article can be read as stating that "[Facebook is an] Unseen Branch of Government"
- prolikewh0a 8y agoSocial Media will be used to narrow the Overton Window and pull even more rights away and drive society into even further consumerist passivity. They're a private governmet, just like most large corporations now. https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10938.html https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10938.html
- yepguy 8y agoWhat hope does constitutional free speech have for the future if its citizenry doesn't hold the principle dear? The public must actually practice something that approximates the free speech protections they want from the government or else they will lose those protections.