Would you please stop posting ideological flamewar comments to HN? It's not what this site is for, we ban accounts that do it, and we've already had to ask you.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

That sounds a lot like editorial controls of a publisher, not a platform. That should open them up for libel. (I'm sure you know that as an American)

I think we are all familiar considering your response is the de facto standard propaganda that is posted all over social media in defense of censorship.

> and the fact that you can absolutely be "censored" on a private platform.

Yes. That's the point. Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation.