It is true that political affiliation and/or views are not explicitly protected by civil rights law, but denying conservatives the same level of connectivity as liberals on a social media platform especially during elections reeks of illegality.
“but denying conservatives the same level of connectivity as liberals on a social media platform especially during elections reeks of illegality.”
Absolutely ILLEGAL. No different than the phone company (which is also a ‘private’ company) shutting off the phones to the Reagan Campaign in 1980. Whether or not they wanted to do it, they knew it was illegal as hell.