Journalist who published vetting document on Republican running mate was kicked off site formerly known as Twitter

  • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    “Two of our most sacred rights as Americans are the freedoms of speech and assembly, online or otherwise. It is a national humiliation that these rights can be curtailed by anyone with enough digits in their bank account.”

    It’s not a good look for Musk to try to suppress this information, but Klippenstein is a dolt for saying this. The 1st Amendment only protects citizens from the government suppressing speech, not private entities, no matter how large and influential. There is no right to freedom of reach.