[hathym]

freedom of speech my a*

[lingrush4]

Freedom of speech has literally never prevented a private company from controlling the content on its platform.

[eatsyourtacos]

"private company"

Ah you mean an app that the US forced to be sold to a private company that certainly agreed behind the scenes to certain terms of the government?

Yeah.. completely independent private company...

[michaelt]

Platform allows criticism of a government.

That government forces the platform to be sold to a billionaire ally.

Platform’s new owner immediately bans criticism of said government.

“Not a first amendment issue, it’s a private company”

[mothballed]

It did before the internet. See Marsh v. Alabama where publicly accessible ( private sidewalk) on private property was ruled the people there still could exercise 1A rights and could not be trespassed for doing so even if the owners forbid it.