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Not sure where the best place is to post this but given recent events, maybe Current Events is.
Since Charlottesville...multiple business' have been closing down sites (goDaddy, Facebook, Google, etc) associated with White Supremacists. Other financial organizations like PayPal have refused to do business with them. This seems to be only the tip of the iceberg.
Now...it isn't exactly new. They've been doing it against Islamic extremist organizations as well. But this is the first time it's been aimed at other groups.
Is this a good thing...?
On the one hand - they are private business' - they are under no legal obligation to support free speech in anything other than their own terms. They are under no legal obligation to serve all groups as long as they don't violate existing anti-discrimination laws. However - these corporate entities and their CEO's have a huge amount of power over the public, almost like monopolies.
Free speech is understood to be protected in that there shall be no government infringement on that right. Private entities are exempt I believe.
I'm kind of wondering if this is a good thing....or not? Thoughts?
Since Charlottesville...multiple business' have been closing down sites (goDaddy, Facebook, Google, etc) associated with White Supremacists. Other financial organizations like PayPal have refused to do business with them. This seems to be only the tip of the iceberg.
Now...it isn't exactly new. They've been doing it against Islamic extremist organizations as well. But this is the first time it's been aimed at other groups.
Is this a good thing...?
On the one hand - they are private business' - they are under no legal obligation to support free speech in anything other than their own terms. They are under no legal obligation to serve all groups as long as they don't violate existing anti-discrimination laws. However - these corporate entities and their CEO's have a huge amount of power over the public, almost like monopolies.
Free speech is understood to be protected in that there shall be no government infringement on that right. Private entities are exempt I believe.
I'm kind of wondering if this is a good thing....or not? Thoughts?