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This would cross a line in the US where there would be 1A challenges, although there have been other stupid things accepted which are even more obviously unconstitutional. If they do this, I hope they do it on a very broad basis so the vast majority of people evade and it feels "normal", followed by legal, electoral, or other action to address the underlying problem.

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Usually corporations are used to side-step 1A protections, because corporations are not subject to the 1A. Corporations were routinely "encouraged" to censor information throughout the last election and covid, at least. It was likely going on before that, and continues today.

Vivek Ramaswamy argues that these actions are still first amendment violations because the government pushed corporations to do this, under something called “state action in private enterprise.”

Yes, but while it takes years to work these cases through the courts USG can continue rights infringement with no consequences for its staff. And once the court cases rule against USG, it can either ignore the case or find new workarounds. 1A only works with popular support that it doesn’t have, most people only support free as in beer.

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