Government has no business either forcing a site to platform Nick Fuentes or forcing them to ban him. The decision of whether to have Nick Fuentes on your site is an exercise of First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and association. It can be a very clear statement of values.

@Popehat I agree with you only if Fuentes’s comments are not falsehoods or defamatory.

@sma1 @Popehat Section 230 made some clear protection for a site like Twitter choosing to allow Fuentes onto their service whether or not he makes false or defamatory statements.

If he makes defamatory statements, the legal remedy would be to sue Fuentes (and, I'd imagine, subpoena Twitter for their copies of the defamatory messages he sent via their service).

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