A good moment to contemplate whether or not the stock market paper-clip optimizers working at Big Tech should have the power to be the arbiter of truth and the judge of free speech on the internet.
There's a lot more at stake than free speech on the internet[0]. These people merciless ruin the lives of countless people all over the world to extract wealth, externalizing the costs of their business to us and actively working to prevent meaningful reform.
[0] which, again, it is worth noting that free speech is what gives them the right to control what is on their platform.
Free speech on the internet is not in danger. It's never been easier or cheaper to set up a blog and publish to a global audience.
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press do not include a right to use somebody else's press. Or the right to override somebody else's freedom of association.
That's the inconvenient thing about rights: other people have them too.
Think of what the children might read on facebook though. Free speech just isn't safe for regular folks who don't know what to make of all of this complicated information.
