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by shadowgovt 1019 days ago
> This is highly revelational

I guess to anyone who hadn't had experience with moderating a popular social media platform or talked to anyone who has. Was that really so shocking?

> it was in fact unconstitutional

Nice of the government to step up to the plate and give those of us who've been on the corporate side of this some guidance, for once. Most of what companies get from Congress and the Court is radio silence on the topic (ironically, I suspect, so the government isn't credibly accused of violating a corporation's First Amendment rights by telling them how they can and cannot moderate). So it's nice for the courts to step up and tell companies that the thing the executive said they had to do, no, they don't have to do; that'll be helpful moving forward.

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Yeah well the court told the Biden admin they specifically cannot do exactly what you are saying would be “nice”.

Missouri v biden

Yes, I saw. It's nice for the Courts to finally give some guidance to corporations on when they should and should not follow the signal from the Executive; without it, they're pretty much on their own to guess at the Constitutionality of requests or demands.