[neutronicus]

> we should also recognize that large social media platforms have become the de facto public square and while it is lawful for them to moderate content, it's detrimental to our society.

I don't think you appreciate how controversial this assertion is.

In certain circles, progress is seen as unattainable without a collectivist commitment to defining and suppressing harmful speech, and a de facto public square controlled by private entities as a welcome opportunity to do an end run around an onerous, entrenched legal obstacle in the first amendment.

[throwaway894345]

I appreciate this but I also suspect that many of the people who advocate for this kind of private public square aren’t thinking through the implications from the perspective of their own professed ideals. In general, many anti-free-speech, pro Twitter Inc folks are left wing and left wing ideals don’t align well with privatizing the regulation of civil liberties. I think this is more of an emotional reaction on their part than a principled stance.