There is a shell game being played by a number of politicians, Big Tech executives, news media executives and journalists, and well-known PR people that goes like this:
- The First Amendment exists to protect the news media’s right to free speech. Nothing should be done to inhibit a free press.
- When Big Tech censors and bans users, it’s a private company and so it does not fall under the jurisdiction of the First Amendment when it comes to giving users freedom of speech.