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>In May, the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that most of a similar Florida law violates the companies' free speech rights and cannot be enforced

Why should a _company_ have free speech guaranteed by the constitution? It's a company - not a person.

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People do not generally lose rights by coming together to do something.

What if the state limits their liability? Can extra rules apply to balance the lack of liability?

Depends on the state involved. I’m sure that would be perfectly fine in Austria, or other countries with nominal free speech rights like Germany. In the US the First Amendment is generally interpreted maximally.

A company is just a group of people.

But limited liability companies are definitely more than just a group of people.

Okay, but its still a group of people.

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