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tomcam
on April 20, 2020
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Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-qua...
Not a constitutional issue because FB, Google, etc. are private companies and can tweak the search results however they see fit.
wyager
on April 20, 2020
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While I don't endorse this state of affairs, the federal government has been putting constraints and obligations on private (especially commercial) speech for decades.
CryptoPunk
on April 21, 2020
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Only commercial speech. Private non-commercial speech has been pretty broadly protected by the First Amendment.
wyager
on April 21, 2020
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Commercial speech (I.e. Facebook’s censorship of material on its advertising platform) is obviously what’s in question here.
CryptoPunk
on April 21, 2020
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Facebook's censorship has nothing to do with First Amendment rights, as it's a private platform.
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