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It's impossible to set a definite standard for when a social media site or other website has become so crucial to the public square that it is set apart from ge
by illuminerdy 4y ago
It's impossible to set a definite standard for when a social media site or other website has become so crucial to the public square that it is set apart from general services.
You could use a multi-prong test like they do for determining whether an entity constitutes a monopoly.
Or you could use the old Justice Stewart's test for obscenity..."I know it when I see it."
But given what we've learned of late about the government influencing social media sites to censor citizens on their platforms, I don't think there's a legitimate argument that certain social media sites are not different from the general internet.