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Any forum that doesn't censor at least some content is abused until it either starts censoring or becomes unusable.

The key difference is that you're allowed to make your own platform and set whatever rules you like

What about shadow regulation where government regulators censor information they legally cannot censor for 1st amendment issues but de facto can by increasing their regulatory levers on companies to stand up to state level censorship

> The key difference is that you're allowed to make your own platform and set whatever rules you like

But can you really? What if suddenly Google decides your platform is producing fake news?

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