Social media companies are usually positioned as the arbiters of “free speech” online.
However, my thinking has always been that they are private corporations that can do whatever they want. They can ban users based on any criteria they want and “curate” their platforms however they please. They are beholden to no governments, outside of their obligations to local laws and taxes.
Anyone, literally anyone, can make a website (for free!) and do as much “free speech” online as they want.
