Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
The social media giant may be guilty of violating of California law regarding discriminating against a political class, and being deceptive to their customer base. Twitter, by discriminating against people on the right, has exposed itself to a potential cascade of legal liability—including a potential class action suit.
Despite being from dangerous.com, this is not an attempted troll. The author gives a quite interesting analysis of Twitter's potential legal issues in censoring political speech in California.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:39PM
I don't have time to state the details, but below are some previous court cases on balancing the rights of private property owners and free speech. Social media companies may eventually be treated as privately owned public space, since their role in life far exceeds that of the public square for younger generations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama [wikipedia.org]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Corp._v._Tanner [wikipedia.org]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._Robins [wikipedia.org]