Frankly, I'm surprised this doesn't get more attention.
At present, Twitter, et al are in an incredibly weird position. They claim to be "public spaces" which is the foundation of the lawsuit against Trump blocking people and making company announcements SEC-compliant. Further, they claim to be "neutral" but apply "quality filters" and flag bad (but not illegal!) content. But then Twitter revokes the blue checks for poor behavior and they all ban people for bad (but not illegal!) behavior.
at least claim they weren't playing as editors.
So they're only the particular thing to a particular audience when they need to be but something else when it's more convenient.
At present, Twitter, et al are in an incredibly weird position. They claim to be "public spaces" which is the foundation of the lawsuit against Trump blocking people and making company announcements SEC-compliant. Further, they claim to be "neutral" but apply "quality filters" and flag bad (but not illegal!) content. But then Twitter revokes the blue checks for poor behavior and they all ban people for bad (but not illegal!) behavior. at least claim they weren't playing as editors.
So they're only the particular thing to a particular audience when they need to be but something else when it's more convenient.
I don't see how the reasoning fits together.