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What I don’t understand is the nuance between freedom of speech in public spaces versus privately owned spaces. If the US government had a public social network
by fumar 4y ago
What I don’t understand is the nuance between freedom of speech in public spaces versus privately owned spaces. If the US government had a public social network, then people would have the right to shout ZYX. It is not the same on Facebook or TikTok right? Those are privately owned spaces. That would be like you coming into my property to shout XYS and I could remove you from my land. Am I understanding this correctly?
- bzbarsky 4y agoThere are privately owned spaces (shopping malls, some towns) that have been treated as public spaces for free speech purposes in US court cases, as I understand it. Basically, if a privately owned space is promoted as a "commons" and acts as one, some of the rules about speech start changing.