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yet these are not 'public squares', thus they're free to manage content as they see fit.

• nailer 6y ago
  Yet they are. Twitter is where a significant percentage of political discourse happens. It bring privately owned doesn't alter it's role in US democracy.
  • wkearney99 6y ago
    No, they're not. They're resources operated by a private company. They're not public property, nor are they regulated as a utility. Wishing it were true doesn't make it that way.
    • nailer 6y ago
      Nobody is saying Twitter is publicly owned. You didn't read the comment you replied to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25024261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25024261