Private vs. Public Company: An Overview, Twitter and Facebook
Privately held companies are—no surprise here—privately held. This means that, in most cases, the company is owned by its founders, management, or a group of private investors. A public company, on the other hand, is a company that has sold all or a portion of itself to the public via an initial public offering (IPO), meaning shareholders have a claim to part of the company's assets and profits.
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/difference-between-publicly-and-privately-held-companies/
So, can Anons explain to me why we keep hearing companies, politicians, financial news networks, etc., refer to social media as being private companies when they are clearly public companies? Twitter and Facebook are NOT private companies! They are public.
So, right now we are battling censorship by getting our free speech trampled. These two companies have been sheltering themselves from litigation with FCC Section 203 the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which I will not even attempt to understand since I am not a lawyer. But, surely there is some Code of Ethics that these companies must abide by with the SEC. If there is anyone out there that could take this on with the SEC. Get them de-listed from stock exchanges etc., this should really be looked into quickly. Enough!
They are NOT PRIVATE COMPANIES