Itโ€™s not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media::One personโ€™s content moderation is anotherโ€™s censorship when it comes to Democratsโ€™ and Republicansโ€™ views on handling misinformation.

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Itโ€™s different because the company built and maintains the space. Same goes for a concert hall, a pub, etcโ€ฆ

Nobody believes that someone being thrown out of a pub for spouting Nazistic hate speech is their โ€œfree speech being trampledโ€. Why should it be any different if itโ€™s a website?

You rarely see the discussion, because thereโ€™s rarely a good argument here. It boils down to โ€œitโ€™s a big website, so I should be allowed to post whatever I want thereโ€, which makes little to no sense and opens up a massive quagmire of legal issues.

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