- Joined
- Mar 9, 2017
- Messages
- 22,005
- Reaction score
- 13,413
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Progressive
I didn't think I needed to put such qualifiers, since the OP and the Poll refer to issues with "public forums" not homes, etc..
Actually, corporations are subject to all sorts of regulations. That is the case with the example of Section 230 and social/other media which has been debated often in this Forum and outside at large.
But, Cap'n, corporations are people, when it comes to the Constitutional rights...
I'd certainly be open to a debate around removing protection from social media venues from liability. Personally I think that there should be no exemption from liability, this would drive a great reduction in bullshit, from both sides of the political divide. But currently nothing illegal has been done, and under current law private corporations are not responsible for delivering 1A. I'm not sure how a for-profit, international organization ever could be.
The only real way to get what you want is advocate for a social media platform to be delivered by the US government, paid for ENTIRELY by the tax payer, open to American citizens only....and that's only if you trust the government...hehe... Outside of that, you're just banging your head against the wall, making a silly noise. While you might get expanded and equal censorship, through the removal of protection from liability, unregulated and unwelcome freedom of speech on an infrastructure that a private entity pays for is outside of the scope of reason, not to mention unconstitutional in your country.