Social Media Censorship - Can Freedom of Speech be used to Force Another to Speak?

Social media censorship is a touchy subject; it tends to bring up emotional reactions on both sides.Show more

Compelling someone to speak is just as much a violation of Freedom of Speech as denying them a chance to speak. Does that include the owners of corporations? You may have heard about Texas bill H.B. 20, an attempt by the government of Texas to prevent censorship by social media companies.

The court is using “freedom of speech” to suppress freedom of speech. It has placed “a freewheeling First Amendment right to censor what people say” squarely in the hands of government. When any government has the ultimate authority as to what communication a privately owned platform must allow, then government has become the censor. When any government has the power to dictate to a private company how they will be allowed to use their private property, then government has become the dictator. And what government can do to private corporations, it can just as easily do to you.

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