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they're a private company and can do whatever they want
by yeetman21 6y ago
they're a private company and can do whatever they want
- andreilys 6y agoSure, and we as citizens can hold these private companies accountable by voicing our concerns to our government representatives who can enact legislation to prevent companies from doing whatever they want.
- yeetman21 6y agoand they as a billion dollar company can voice their concerns to lobbyist who will then convince the government to do nothing
- typenil 6y agoIt's always odd to me when someone is talking about a public backlash and this is the response. Did they say anything about legality? Facebook is free to do what it wants and the public is free to criticize it. Legality isn't a magic shield against criticism.
- yeetman21 6y ago>defend censorship of a website that doesn't have any illegal content yes
- SkyBelow 6y agoExcept they generally can't. See limits on who they can hire and what speech they can engage in. So we already limit the powers of companies to protect the rights of people even though we could have just told the people work/shop/go somewhere else. Why doesn't that logic also extend to speech?