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Yeah, when that company or platform contains/provides speech


> when that company or platform contains/provides speech

This neuters the word "censorship."

We "censor," per this definition, fraud, false advertising, libel, slander, et cetera. Our system of allocating spectrum for radio or nearly-century old media foreign-ownership rules [1] similarly fall afoul of this definition.

[1] https://www.fcc.gov/enforcement/areas/foreign-ownership-unau...


What if a company fails to abide by the laws it's supposed to follow in order to be a company though?




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