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There is no effective difference between private and public deplatforming. Freedom of expression is harmed by both.

• plandis 7y ago
  Perhaps but the harm is vastly different in scale. Private banning of speech doesn’t prevent the individual from stating those claims elsewhere. Government mandated banning of speech does prevent that speech from being used elsewhere.
  • golemiprague 7y ago
    Those laws need to be changed because those platforms are the de facto town square and they are a public space. The fact that this public space is maintained by a company is not different a a town square maintained by a private contractor. The virtual public space didn't exist until social networks but now it does so it needs to be treated like any other public space, doesn't matter that some private company facilitate it.
• whateveracct 7y ago
  Not exactly. If I don't want someone to speak at my event and ban them, that's not the end of the world. There are probably others who would allow them to speak. If the government bans someone from speaking, there is no recourse. This is the state of the world in the USA and one of our cornerstone negative freedoms.