Originally Posted by KFWA

actually a private company has no obligation under the first amendment to guarantee free speech.

The First Amendment only protects your speech from government censorship. It applies to federal, state, and local government actors. This is a broad category that includes not only lawmakers and elected officials, but also public schools and universities, courts, and police officers. It does not include private citizens, businesses, and organizations. This means that:

A private school can suspend students for criticizing a school policy;
A private business can fire an employee for expressing political views on the job; and
A private media company can refuse to publish or broadcast opinions it disagrees with.

there are some grey areas - such as social media censoring a politician and your right to access this speech but at the end of the day, they are still a private entity who owns their platform.


More LOLbertarian tardery.

Direct gov't employee with pension suppressing your speech: "No way, I gotta right!"

A "private company" employee on gov't contract suppressing your speech: "Yeah, that's OK."


Regards,

deadlift_dude
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