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[–] NoisyCricket 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
IIRC, the precedent references of a corporate owned town who had declared that free speech was not permitted within their town. It went to SCOTUS. SCOTUS declared that as a defacto public space it is in fact protected by the First Amendment. Since Facebook, YouTube, Google, and Twitter are all now defacto public spaces, it's argued they too qualify for constitutional protections.
There is also the question of common carrier status. Since they declare themselves free speech platforms yet secretly and dishonestly censor everyone based on political leanings (meaning they are regulating content which firmly disqualifies from common carrier protections - if they ever applied here), it implies they are legally liable for all content on their platform and lose many legal protections.