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When it comes to platforms, meaning something with a network effect and limited equivalent substitutes, the difference between a government and a private servic
by throwawaysea 5y ago
When it comes to platforms, meaning something with a network effect and limited equivalent substitutes, the difference between a government and a private service is academic at best. The reality is both can have lots of power and influence and the impact of their limits on civil liberties such as the freedom of speech are similar. Your interpretation of that freedom seems to stop at what the first amendment provides. But freedom of speech is a much more fundamental concept.