>I think it's dangerous when platforms function like a public utility and is yet allowed to do whatever it wants because it's technically private property. If platforms want to censor,
For some topics such as the Confederate flag, you don't even have to complicate the discussion with "private company vs public utility".
E.g., tax-payer government funded public schools also banned kids from wearing the Confederate flag on shirts because they were "disruptive". In some cases, the free speech advocates fought the rule and yet the ban was upheld by courts even on appeal:
In other words, even if the government nationalized Microsoft into a state-owned enterprise, we'd still be having this debate about free speech being censored.
For some topics such as the Confederate flag, you don't even have to complicate the discussion with "private company vs public utility".
E.g., tax-payer government funded public schools also banned kids from wearing the Confederate flag on shirts because they were "disruptive". In some cases, the free speech advocates fought the rule and yet the ban was upheld by courts even on appeal:
https://www.google.com/search?q=confederate+shirt+banned+pub...
In other words, even if the government nationalized Microsoft into a state-owned enterprise, we'd still be having this debate about free speech being censored.