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Right — I said “should” to explain why people socially expect that they should be treated that way.

I didn’t say the current law was that way. Twitter didn’t exist (nor did social networks) when they law you’re citing was written - so it’s quite possible Congress didn’t contemplate this case or express any intent at all.

That would be a good reason to change the law:

If the way it is written doesn’t match how it should apply because the case in question wasn’t contemplated at the time.



I don't think it should, either.

Twitter doesn't have monopoly power like phone companies or railroads tend to, nor are the consequences as impactful. There's zero impact on your ability to publish your personal free speech from being kicked off Twitter.




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