Because they built the platform. It’s not a public good (or a town square) — the company foots the bill so they get to decide what they do and don’t want people to use it for.
Comment on Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes
EmperorHenry@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoAdvocating for free speech rights for a private American company to be beholden to is stupid because it misunderstands everything about free speech laws work and how companies and content moderation work.
Social media platforms have a liability shield. If they get to be completely faultless for everything that happens on their platform, why do they also get to control what happens on their platforms?
HeavyDogFeet@lemmy.world 10 months ago
michael@lemmy.perthchat.org 10 months ago
Because it’s “their” platform.