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Twitter, Google and Facebook are all publicly held/traded companies. Should they be held to a slightly different set of rules regarding the 1st Amendment vs a p
by ratsmack 6y ago
Twitter, Google and Facebook are all publicly held/traded companies. Should they be held to a slightly different set of rules regarding the 1st Amendment vs a privately held company?
- smaccona 6y agoThe 1st Amendment only limits what Congress can do, it doesn’t say anything about what public or private companies have to do with respect to freedom of speech: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” IANAL, but I guess if Congress makes a law forcing Twitter or Facebook to abridge US citizens’ freedom of speech, then Congress would be violating the 1st amendment. Is that what you meant?