Sheriff needed for Silicon Valley’s Wild West censorship?
Aren’t these private companies? Absolutely. And aren’t they entitled to decide their own rules and censor anyone they wish? Not necessarily, for two reasons.
Craig Parshall
CP Guest Contributor
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The Long Road to Religious Freedom
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