> So what do we do? I don't know. Privately-owned services should be free to censor. People should also continue to speak freely (if legal). I certainly think Net Neutrality is essential at this point, whether enforced via public infrastructure or some kind of over-arching regulation. But, there's not much anyone can do in the current framework of things other than encourage decentralization. And I do, when I can.
Having more foundational internet infrastructure and services controlled by the government (which IS bound by freedom of speech rules) would also solve this issue.
But the ironic thing here, is that most of the right-leaning people complaining about being kicked off platforms, would oppose doing this.
They also oppose private platforms being told how to behave by the government, as it happens, they're just complaining in this particular case because here that works against them.
Having more foundational internet infrastructure and services controlled by the government (which IS bound by freedom of speech rules) would also solve this issue.
But the ironic thing here, is that most of the right-leaning people complaining about being kicked off platforms, would oppose doing this.
They also oppose private platforms being told how to behave by the government, as it happens, they're just complaining in this particular case because here that works against them.