Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
According to documents filed in federal court in California, $22 million of the settlement will be contributed to the Trust for the National Mall to help pay for the construction of the White House State Ballroom. The rest will go to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union.
If it’s an “open forum” or “the public square” as it’s also been called, it should be owned and regulated by the government, not controlled by a for-profit corporation.
Either way, what you’re suggesting is forcing corporations to provide a platform for fascism. That goes WAY beyond free speech protection and into compelling services/prohibiting moderation.