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What you're referring to is called the "public forum." In the USA, it's not only government-owned property that is considered a public forum. E.g. Occupy Wall
by DarylZero 5y ago
What you're referring to is called the "public forum."
In the USA, it's not only government-owned property that is considered a public forum.
E.g. Occupy Wall St was on private property (Zuccotti Park), but they couldn't be evicted for that -- because a park open to the public in that way is a public forum. (They were eventually evicted supposedly for health/sanitation reasons.)
> If I run an offensive protest inside of a mall, I will be asked to leave and ultimately thrown out. In this sense, Facebook is the digital equivalent to the mall - they own the space.
In fact, the public walkways in a privately-owned mall are considered a public forum.
https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/topics/freedom-of-assembly/assembly-on-private-property/ https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center...