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by lliamander 1991 days ago
That's actually not true: https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center...

“the more an owner, for his advantage, opens up his property for use by the public in general, the more do his rights become circumscribed by the statutory and constitutional rights of those who use it.”

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The thing is, this doesn't actually matter. This service wasn't being used to "freely assemble" (as outlined in your source), it was being used as a tool to facilitate insurrection.

This clear and present danger was obvious, and places the imperative on supporting services to question whether they want to aid and abet sedition.

The insurrection happened at the capitol building, not on Parler.
This isn't just about Parler specifically. The point is that with any of these deplatformings, it is manifestly untrue that the platforms can do whatever they want.