> However, Facebook, Twitter and other similar companies only put out a tool. This tool is then used by this or that person to speak this or that argument. FB doesn't actively and directly help speaker A anymore that they help speaker B.
Facebook actually deliberately manipulates people's feeds in order to promote content that will increase engagement. Twitter does the same by default.
> Just as if I shout in the town square it's my speech that I shout. It doesn't become the mayor's speech because it's in his town or the square's architect because he built it in such a way that my voice can physically be heard.
The town square is public property. If you instead decide to step inside a private business and shout they can have you removed from the premises.
> Like the power company. Maybe they don't like their electricity being used to spread some "wrong" ideas.
Electricity is regulated as a utility and as such wouldn't be allowed to cut service for that reason. A bakery could refuse to bake cakes with swatiskas on them if they so chose for example. Where the private business's choices on refusing service runs into trouble is when they refuse service based on a customer's race/ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.
Facebook actually deliberately manipulates people's feeds in order to promote content that will increase engagement. Twitter does the same by default.
> Just as if I shout in the town square it's my speech that I shout. It doesn't become the mayor's speech because it's in his town or the square's architect because he built it in such a way that my voice can physically be heard.
The town square is public property. If you instead decide to step inside a private business and shout they can have you removed from the premises.
> Like the power company. Maybe they don't like their electricity being used to spread some "wrong" ideas.
Electricity is regulated as a utility and as such wouldn't be allowed to cut service for that reason. A bakery could refuse to bake cakes with swatiskas on them if they so chose for example. Where the private business's choices on refusing service runs into trouble is when they refuse service based on a customer's race/ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.