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They're not the government. They've no obligation to platform anyone at all, whatever sort of extremist they are. Get used to it, examine why the world will be a better place, move on.


> They've no obligation to platform anyone at all

That's just objectively false we have a long history of forcing companies to take customers from Utilities, Americans with Disabilities Act, anti trust laws, forcing companies to license technology, and a whole bunch of other ones when needed; This is no different.

We are talking about it because we find the current state with Visa and MasterCard as unacceptable.


I don't think that the town squares and forums of the internet should be controlled and paid for by advertising companies. Nazis are not banned on any moral or political basis: It's purely a buisness decision. It sounds fine but when you begin spouting some unprofitable ideas they're not going to hesitate to ban you too.




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