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Facebook Violating 1st Amendment?

I know, they're a private company, blah, blah blah.

But, if they provided a special portal to the federal government so the government can tell Facebook to silence a particular user, does that constitute a violation of the 1st Amendment?



Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai ran for US Senate in Massachusetts as a Republican and made allegations of voter fraud on Twitter. These tweets were then deleted by the far-left tech giant. Later it was discovered that they were deleted at the direction of government employees of the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office.

Discovering this, Dr. Ayyadurai filed a federal lawsuit by himself, alleging that his federal civil rights were violated when the government silenced his political speech in order to affect an election.

In late July 2021, Dr. Shiva released another explosive report.

Dr. Shiva revealed how election officials and government actors work together to coordinate with social media platforms to silence speech in America.


Facebook apparently still has something similar
https://www.facebook.com/xtakedowns/login
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WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
Because of the first sentence in your post - no they’re not.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@WintaTheAngle So working in Ka-hoots with the government to silence opinion enables the government to control speech without violating the 1st Amendment. Pretty handy!
@WintaTheAngle basically yep
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@Budwick You agreed to the TOS so you consent to the site rules.

From there on in you just have to be a big boy about it.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@WintaTheAngle I don't think anyone agreed to allow their 1st Amendment rights to be ignored.
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@Budwick You did by agreeing to the Facebook TOS and continuing to hold an account.

If you don’t agree with the site TOS you can always delete your Facebook account and move to another platform of division media.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@WintaTheAngle The problem is with government Winta. THEY are the one I am suggesting violated 1st Amendment Rights.
WintaTheAngle · 41-45, M
@Budwick Then take it up with government. Whining about it here isn’t going to change anything.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@WintaTheAngle
Whining about it here isn’t going to change anything.

I suppose you are right.
I should go to that secret portal on Fakebook to get a direct line to the Feds!