Why is this topic not coming up more often? There is heavy censorship in play here at the same levels as China and Russia.

Because many times the conversation frustratingly becomes a turtles all the way down slugfest between the loud “it’s their platform and they can do what they want” crowd vs. the equally loud “free speech is an absolute” officiated by the “censorship only matters if the government does it” crowd.

Call this an oversimplification of a nuanced issue if you want. Because it is. I’m not shying from it. Just doesn’t seem all that much different from the amount of nuance that goes into and subsequently comes out of the kinds of flame wars commonly immolating this topic anyway.

This is just opinion though, I wouldn’t encourage anyone try to unearth anything objective out of it beyond what pleasantry is warranted for such idle (and wholly inane) thought.

There is literally no legally significant difference between refusing to host a social media account on your website and murdering people.

perfect... govt unable to enforce rule of law over violence is just an indirect way of disincentivising free speech.