I believe AT&T is a private business fulfilling the legal requirements of a public utility. Thus, this does not apply. Until social media is legally recognized as such, they are private.
Thanks for the reply.
So, if I understand the situation correctly, it would take a congressional act to designate Facebook as a public utility in order to require Facebook to carry all Facebook posts regardless of the content.
Congress has passed numerous bills under public accommodations to prevent discrimination. Could the same reasoning be applied to accommodating free speech/political speech?
I don’t know, but it appears to me that public accommodation/free speech could be applied to the social media.
The courts could also move against social media under the numerous reasonable alternatives court rulings when looking at business. The test asks if there are reasonable alternatives or choices available to the public. I forgot the legal terminology for this court test.
Overall, it’s an interesting discussion.
Google, Facebook and Twitter should be deemed utilities.
Then they should be broken up like Ma Bell was.