> They are more akin to shopping centers were the teenagers use to hang out in than public spaces. That is literally a public space and you can protest there d

> They are more akin to shopping centers were the teenagers use to hang out in than public spaces. That is literally a public space and you can protest there depending on the district (New York for instance). The better analogy would be banning a store from a state. Sure people can move to a new state, but you’re still banning discourse in the region everyone lives in. Then banning any advertisements, and you’ll actively take the wealth and infrastructure from the other state, if you can. > Just because you want Twitter or YouTube or Reddit to be a public square doesn't make it so. It’s devoid from any of our opinions. The question is where can I conduct commerce on the internet? The answer is one of these companies is almost certainly required to make a profit. That makes it the public square. It’s where commerce and information is shared. I can’t go to an alternative, I can’t build an alternative.