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Unless otherwise regulated, yes, of course. No one should be forced to conduct business with another party.


Do you have some good reason why we should not change the regulations so that they are "otherwise regulated"? No one is claiming they are currently breaking the law by refusing to conduct business with e.g. gab or the daily stormer or whoever else.


"This should not be illegal because it isn't." is a surprisingly common argument.


In the US, allowing Free Speech on your property is distinct from conducting business on your property. Going by that logic, you can demonetize them, but you can't necessarily deplatform them.




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