Public utility

Is YouTube a public utility, subject to government control and with an obligation to serve all comers?  Or is it something else, subject to different rules?

“YouTube Clamps Down on Gun Videos,” The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2018 A4.  YouTube decides to restrict certain videos about guns and gun sales.

Once you open your business up to the public, don’t you have an obligation to allow legal conduct on your site?  Where else can you refuse to serve someone who wants to do something that’s legal?  Say, for instance, could YouTube forbid any use of its site by Democrats, Republicans, or Catholics?

Where do you draw the line, and who draws it?

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