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===== 2. Legal Reasoning =====
* Harassment: - In law, harassment generally requires unwanted, targeted conduct that creates a hostile environment or interferes with rights (e.g., in employment or housing). - Social media moderation decisions (removing or limiting posts) usually do not meet that standard.
* Discrimination: - To claim unlawful discrimination, a person must be denied access to a service because of their protected class (race, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, etc.). - Courts have not yet broadly recognized content moderation against speech on LGBTQ+ military history as discrimination — unless policies are applied unevenly based on identity.
* Free Speech / First Amendment: - The First Amendment only restricts government censorship, not private platforms like Facebook or X. - Thus, while silencing feels unjust, it’s not unconstitutional when done by private companies.
* Ethical vs. Legal: - The statement correctly notes that such silencing may be ethically indefensible. - But whether it is legally harassment or discrimination is much narrower and harder to prove.