• beigegull@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What other established constitutional rights would you support large institutions not respecting as long as they aren’t directly run by the state?

    We’re literally talking about Meta here. The claim that their actions are those of an independent private company are about as credible as if Lockheed Martin were forcibly quartering soldiers (err… private military contractors) in people’s homes and claiming that wasn’t a violation of the 3rd amendment.

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      Yes, that is how it works. Lockheed Martin isn’t a governmental body within the United States and is not bound by our Constitution in any way.

      Regardless of our opinions on the matter, those are both private companies with their own rights that are not bound like a government under our current laws. People forget that because “corporations are people” they also get Constitutional protections. Our rights end where their rights start and vice versa.