[DiogenesLamp]

And this is what happens when you allow mass communications companies the ability to censor things which are objectionable to powerful governments.

The "private" business becomes the Government's proxy and will impose the governments' will while pretending it is their own.

So far as i'm concerned, "private" censorship of public communications is a violation of the 1rst amendment. Should be punishable by prison time for violators.

[roving]

What about when FR does it? They censured a post yesterday

[semimojo]

The "private" business becomes the Government's proxy and will impose the governments' will while pretending it is their own.

Your approach eliminates all pretense and explicitly lets the government dictate private entities’ speech.

The government forcing someone to speak words they don’t want to is a violation of the 1st Amendment.

If you want to nationalize a swath of private industry, fine. Convince Congress to buy them at fair market rates and raise the tax revenue to do so.