On 1/11/2021 12:44 AM, Daniel wrote: > David E. Ross wrote on 11/01/21 09:14: >> On 1/10/2021 12:08 PM, Ray Davison wrote: >>> I get a news letter from a doctor. Twitter banned him because he >>> described his experience treating people with CCP virus. He moved to >>> Parler and took 28K followers with him. >>> >>> Now Twitter has banned Trump. Trump moved to Parler. >>> >>> Parler used Amazon servers. Amazon has banned Parler. >>> >>> Free speech anyone? >>> >>> Ray >> >> The right of free speech in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution >> only applies to government action, not to the actions of businesses and >> individuals. >> > I would have thought "free speech" would also give the provider the > freedom *NOT* to reply to or even to carry an article!
Given today's broad definition of "press", that falls under freedom of the press. "Press" now seems to include not only print media but also electronic media. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
