Reply To: The future of the democracy of the U.S. government

@AviK
You defeated your own argument when you wrote that the government can create public forums on the internet. If the Government creates the forum, it is Government action and the First Amendment applies.
Back in the early days of the internet, when we paid to belong/use the bulletin boards such as Compuserve, AOL, etc. The Interstate Commerce Clause might have applied. BUT, when there is no fee for Facebook, Instagram or Twitter it would be a far stretch to call participation Interstate Commerce.
There are thousands of FB groups that are geographically local in scope. I am the admin or moderator of a number of them that require proof of local residency to join and/or participate. No Interstate Commerce there. My Democratic Town Committee has a private FB group. Only members of the DTC, who must be registered voters in the Town can see the group and participate, again nothing Interstate about it.