Out of curiosity, do you think there’s a difference between me asking a government to remove something from a web platform vs me asking the platform to remove something?
Perhaps my position is I don’t think anyone should appeal to a government for web censorship, but hold platforms socially accountable for the content they host. If they hear my (and the potentially ensuing mob) complaints about content I found objectionable, the platform can either ignore my complaint or acquiesce. What can I do if they ignore me? Start a boycott? That kind of pressure is an economic one which leads to the platform making a business decision. The content creator that feels slighted starts their own competing platform for a different user base. We now have meaningful competition. It’s the kind of libertarian value that I think is just right for the web.
It might seem unfair, but it doesn’t feel like mob rule/leftist hypocrisy more than the invisible hand of the information market working against your content.