Is Twitter the Public Square?

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Twitter is a private company. They can make their own decisions. But if the tec platforms decide to down regulate you, dampen you or chuck you off, you are left essentially voiceless. Companies like twitter grew that there, there there wass a small thing that grew far too fast. Have ended up having to understand free speech. And they get inept people to ineptly policeat these planens. It may actually be an impossible task ri actually moderate. Mhtwell, billions upon billions of posts effectively. The question is, you should be free to haveme in my view, and then do your best to enforce it.

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