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> The idea that a private social/sharing/communications platform should be required to carry the messages of the head of government is strongly authoritarian and quite unconstitutional.

Except it's neither authoritarian nor unconstitutional. Private companies are already _required_ to carry government messaging. Several examples: emergency broadcast system, AMBER alerts or presidential alerts (which cannot be silenced) to your phone.



Okay, but those use cases and the related systems are codified: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A...

AFAIK there is not a similar legal basis for requiring a social media company to participate in the rebroadcasting of a specific individual's speech just because of their current elected position.




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