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@AviK
The First Amendment applies to GOVERNMENT ACTION. It has nothing to do with big tech or other private concerns.
A private concern has the right to decide who it allows to post or not.
If the government ordered a private concern to allow an individual to post, that would be a great threat to Democracy
Way back when most TV and radio (in the USA) was broadcast over the ‘public airways’ and the FCC ordered equal time provisions for opposing viewpoints. That could NOT be extended to cable, satellite or internet platforms. It has since been dropped for broadcast networks, who claimed it was an unfair burden since most of the competition wasn’t subject to the same requirements