“What a slippery slope. FreeRepublic is done if they rule that they can’t censor users for political opinions. A solution: IF the site is billed as open and non-partisan THEN no censorship. State your political preference affiliation and you can censor all you want.”
A distinction could be made between those services having near monopoly power (e.g., Google, Facebook) and those that do not.
“A distinction could be made between those services having near monopoly power (e.g., Google, Facebook) and those that do not.”
There isnt a “marketshare” of ability to post a POV online, though.
“A distinction could be made between those services having near monopoly power (e.g., Google, Facebook) and those that do not.”
I agree, which is why I think a better approach might be for the Justice department to go after these companies using existing anti-trust laws, just like they should do with the big media corporations. I’m not sure if a lawsuit over censoring users will succeed, although it is possible using the monopoly argument.