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Genuine question: can the government legally sponsor a social media network if that network censors legal but abhorrent speech (e.g., anti-black or anti-white h
by weberc2 7y ago
Genuine question: can the government legally sponsor a social media network if that network censors legal but abhorrent speech (e.g., anti-black or anti-white hate speech)? Seems like it would either be a cesspool or it would get struck down in the courts.
- conception 7y agoThe government has censored public speech in various forms of media since forever, whether funded or not. It wouldn't be an issue.
- weberc2 7y agoI would be surprised if the courts would uphold an equivalence between broadcast television and a social network. I would expect them to interpret speech on a public social network like speech in a town square.