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It won’t happen. It is incompatible with the first amendment. Thank god we baked that shit in instead of just passing a law to that effect.


It's already happened. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube already remove and delete comments that are outside the overton window. Sure, they're not part of the government, but when it comes to freedom of expression does it really matter?


I see your point. But those platforms (while flawed) are operating legally, under their own volition, without direction from the United States Government.

If the USG were to order Twitter to take down X person's tweets because it hurt someone's feelers, that would be a clear violation of the first amendment.

Additionally we have a strong legal precedent of not permitting "compelled speech". Plainly put, they can't force you to label your own Facebook posts with your opponents claims as well.

I am totally on your side that these few companies are in far too much control. But they aren't the USG, or compelled to block/force-speech on their behalf.


Google, Facebook, and Twitter cannot jail you.


Police investigated a man for sharing an offensive limerick on Twitter - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/24/man-investigated...


That is in the UK, they don't have freedom of speech.




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