[beager]

An effective razor for what I presume will be a lively discussion here:

Your first amendment rights don’t compel a private sector company to host your speech, or require them to accept your ad dollars for your message

[JoeAltmaier]

No but American ideals may. It's not all about 'what's the legal minimum they can get away with'. Hopefully its not just about that.

As a platform hosting media, it's not clear what their editorial latitude is, or should be.

[beager]

Ideals are unfortunately insignificant here. Companies are all about doing the legal minimum, especially if that is in line with profit maximum. Right, wrong, or indifferent.

Also, I believe they have absolute editorial latitude. They’re not a utility.

Don’t want to wet-blanket your post because I do think companies should be idealistic, bold, and consistent with their policies, notwithstanding what laws or constitutional rights dictate. But you can’t compel them to be, and arguing that they should be leads you down a path of moot argument and friction.

[JoeAltmaier]

Doesn't mean the public should let them get away with it, or whitewash it. Ideals mean something to the public (I hope). We should make that plain. Its about the only leverage we have.

[beager]

Definitely. You vote with your attention, your pageviews, your own voice. And you vote with your vote, as does everyone else who is legal to vote.

[JoeAltmaier]

And your dollars. The Big Vote.