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by wizzwizz4 1815 days ago
An individual, absolutely. But a company? The arguments in favour of “you can block anyone for any reason” don't really apply.
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Sure, as long as it's not based on a protected characteristic or an interaction subject to a regulation. You have no right to interact with a company otherwise.
I'm not talking about legal rights; I'm talking about what is a sensible social convention. (Because really, you don't have the right to block anyone.)
You don't need a right to do it, because they have no right for it to not be done.

But social convention was my point - the social convention is it's always fine to block and you never need to explain, in my opinion.