[friendlydude12]

Being able to physically run your mouth in public has little to do with free speech, including shouting fire in a movie theatre.

Free speech is the ability to express any opinion or idea, anti-government opinions included. This is why online posts and various non-verbal actions (like burning a flag) are protected under The First Amendment, even though nothing is being physically said. Additionally this is why threatening violence towards somebody isn’t protected: a threat of violence isn’t an opinion or an idea.

[electricEmu]

The first amendment protects you from the American government. Private entities can block what they want.

Your first amendment rights were not violated if Facebook censors you.

[snerbles]

There are cases where the First Amendment can apply to "private-owned public spaces", such as company towns [0] or shopping malls [1]. While such a designation has not yet been applied to Facebook, some are exploring the possibility of doing so [2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama

[1] https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2010/08/free-speech-cali...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-11-29/how-to-ta...

[friendlydude12]

Never made that claim but thanks for the info.