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You don't have a constitutional right to post on Facebook. When you invest your life into platforms run by for profit corporations, you agree to play by their
by montroser 5mo ago
You don't have a constitutional right to post on Facebook. When you invest your life into platforms run by for profit corporations, you agree to play by their rules. Merging state and big tech is not going to help.
- thaumasiotes 5mo ago> You don't have a constitutional right to post on Facebook. Well, that depends on who says you don't. If the government says so, they are wrong, because you do have a constitutional right enforceable against the government to post on Facebook. The idea of saying "you don't have a constitutional right to post on Facebook" is that you don't have such a right enforceable against Facebook. Which is true. But under current US law, you do have a civil right enforceable against any public accommodation to be offered the same service that they offer to the public generally.
- Retric 5mo agoYou have many constitutional protections that do apply in business relationships. Extending that list is at minimum worth considering.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> You don't have a constitutional right to post on Facebook Which is why OP describes the U.S. enacting legislation creating a statutory right.
- prasadjoglekar 5mo agoAu contraire, enacting such a law is akin to forcing FB to support certain speech. That itself is unconstitutional and any such legislation would be struck down.
- montroser 5mo agoYou are correct. But it's a ridiculous suggestion. Can you imagine the local corner store with a bulletin board, and some patron tacks up a picture of a swastika, and the owner of the store is not allowed to take it down?