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by electricEmu 2991 days ago
The first amendment protects you from the American government. Private entities can block what they want.

Your first amendment rights were not violated if Facebook censors you.

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There are cases where the First Amendment can apply to "private-owned public spaces", such as company towns [0] or shopping malls [1]. While such a designation has not yet been applied to Facebook, some are exploring the possibility of doing so [2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama

[1] https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2010/08/free-speech-cali...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-11-29/how-to-ta...

Never made that claim but thanks for the info.