They had a choice before the online safety act was even a thing. The often maligned phrase "It's a private company. They can do what they want." is still true. It's the only alternative to "bake that cake, bigot" that there is.
That isn't what "private" means. And it makes a great difference whether the command is coming from the banks or the state. One is literally prohibited in the constitution, and the other is not.
Do you think the baker in Colorado was obligated to bake that cake a few years ago? Because that's what you are arguing here.
That's because they are in ideological agreement with the UK government, not because they feared its wrath.
The shouldn't have a choice in the matter.
They had a choice before the online safety act was even a thing. The often maligned phrase "It's a private company. They can do what they want." is still true. It's the only alternative to "bake that cake, bigot" that there is.
They aren't private companies when they are doing what they're told whether its by banks or the state.
That isn't what "private" means. And it makes a great difference whether the command is coming from the banks or the state. One is literally prohibited in the constitution, and the other is not.
Do you think the baker in Colorado was obligated to bake that cake a few years ago? Because that's what you are arguing here.