[j79]

> "But it's private companies! They can do whatever they want!" The telephone companies are private. Do they have a right to kill your connection when you talk about unapproved subject matter? Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, and so on are the modern de-facto means of communicating long distance and to wide-spread audiences.

If I started robo-calling millions of people with unapproved subject matter, I'd wager they'd kill my connection fairly quickly.

[NaturalPhallacy]

>If I started robo-calling millions of people with unapproved subject matter, I'd wager they'd kill my connection fairly quickly.

Except that they don't. Have you been called about your car warranty, or student loans yet today?

[macinjosh]

I am not convinved this is a logical metaphor. Robocalls directly bother every person on a list. A social media post goes to those who've consented (i.e. subscribed/followed) and other places the social media company decides they should go. I don't see what the two have in common.

[kats]

It's a difference between banning behavior vs. ideas.