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Caveat Lector: I am not a lawyer. It’s less about the company being privately held and more about being a private sector company. There’s also a distinction i
by smitty1110 6y ago
Caveat Lector: I am not a lawyer.
It’s less about the company being privately held and more about being a private sector company. There’s also a distinction in American common law between speech in the Public Square from speech in other locations, like private property.
- Multicomp 6y ago> There’s also a distinction in American common law between speech in the Public Square from speech in other locations, like private property. My pet theory is that while legally, all but a few websites are private property, at some point countries are going to introduce legislation that sets criteria for when a private website must start acting like a public square (ex: more than X income, Y user accounts, Z daily active users). Or, have government-run public squares, something like "geocities.gov" or "NextDoor.gov". Not sure which one I think is worse.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> at some point countries are going to introduce legislation that sets criteria for when a private website must start acting like a public square The US courts already apply existing standards for when private spaces have some of the same rules as public ones to online fora without needing separate legislation.
- dominotw 6y agooh just a legal point. I am not sure that ppl saying that are arguing from a point of legality.