I don't agree with Facebook, etc. But it's a private business - they can do what they want.
There could be blowback from this lawsuit...could eventually lead to a determination that the FCC has jurisdiction over the internet. Bad idea.
Facebook servers are private but they use the internet to deliver the information. These AT&T, Verizon etc. internet systems are owned by stockholders. Facebook is one part of the informatin delivery team. People with Facebook accounts have a contract whether written or implied, that the information is based on free speech rights. The government cannot regulate free speech and the social media sights must abide by their contract with their users.
They should be able to do what they want, but CA won’t allow any private business to discriminate for any reason, so why let Facebook get away with it?
Yes, they are a private company-—but they have to be truthful and not commit fraud.
They have to advertise in BIG PRINT and UPFRONT that they CENSOR CHRISTIANITY and BAN certain 1st Amendment Rights and promote ISLAM.
They should have to also state that they promote fascism, mutilation of women, pederasty, sodomy, and misogyny (all muslim virtues), and the persecution and killing of Christians.
All persons who log in should be required to read the above statements, so fraud and misperceptions and lies are not perpetuated by users of their fascist sites.
There are wedding cake bakers who would disagree with that statement.
” But it’s a private business - they can do what they want.”
Unless you own a lunch counter.
I hear you. I agree as things stand. That said, I think that any space that is created to be a “public and free social space” should be held to 1st Amendment principles. Maybe a new law is needed to this effect (?)
They have control of the media. Now they’re censoring the only avenues left.