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> The point is that there are no laws in the United States that demand private forums have any semblance of "free speech".

The first amendment gives the forum free speech, which means that the forum is free to decide what speech it will relay and what speech it will not.

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Yeah I meant in terms of what the forum can regulate on behalf of its members - not in terms of the forum's collective ability to speak. I worded that badly I'll admit.

Right, I was leveraging the imprecise wording to segue into an explanation that not only is there no law restricting forum operators from regulating content, but actually a fundamental law protecting their right to do so.

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