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[Herminio Hernandez, Jr.]

>
> Unless the government is somehow involved, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
> aren't suppressing free speech. They have the right to censor whatever we
> say, since it is their network we are using.


I agree in principle, but these platforms are working in conjunction with
governments to suppress views they do no like. So, while I agree that a
private business can run this way they should stop the pretense of being an
open platform.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Matthew Crews <mattcrews at mattcrews.com>
wrote:

> > I would say it has picked up in popularity for the same reason Gab
> > and so many others have picked up in popularity. People are
> > awakening to the fact that twitter and other main stream social
> > media networks (facebook, reddit) are censoring comments and
> > we are actively losing our right to free speech.
>
> Unless the government is somehow involved, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
> aren't suppressing free speech. They have the right to censor whatever we
> say, since it is their network we are using.
>
> Conversely, we also have the right to not use such services that actively
> censor.
>
> Remember: On any service that relies on advertising revenue, the user is
> the
> "product", and not the service itself. The customer is advertisers.
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