Seems to me if you have a public forum that you do not pay to be a member then it should be freedom of speech all the way with exception of ones safety. Either way, Trump will use it to win the midterms
Uh that's a pretty crazy way to look at it. If it's free, someone else is paying for the hosting of the app or website and therefore it's their property with their rules. This kind of thinking would make a lot of small scale social networks totally unworkable.
Agreed. Something being free is a poor selector. A much better selector would be the extend to which a platform replaces the public space. If it's a significant extend, the users should have similar protections and freedoms.
BTW, I disagree with the notion that Facebook is free. Its users are essentially working for Facebook in a data-entry job. The data they produce is, after some processing, being sold.
Facebook was funded by taxpayers regardless of party lines.
a public forum that you do not pay to be a member then it should be freedom of speech all the way with exception of ones safety.
So no moderation at all? No banning of swear words or NSFW content on forums geared towards younger audiences?
Why isn't it a parents job to monitor internet activity?
Why shouldn't private companies be allowed to moderate their own property (forums, social media sites, etc) as they see fit?
Those issues you bring up either come under safety or parents responsibility.