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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They're a private company, they can ban as they please. This has been proven time and time and time and time again in US courts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but usa isn't the center of the world and other countries see that differently...

Twitch for example frequently gets slapped by Germanys courts for idiotic Bans...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's a fair point, I don't think Google meets that definition, but time could prove me wrong.