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> No, it's actually unconstitutional when you have Senators like Hirono requesting and goading them into removing people they don't like.

I agree that elected officials shouldn't try to make an end-run around the 1st Amendment by threatening to regulate companies if they don't censor on behalf of those officials.

When they do, shouldn't we should place the blame at the feet of those elected officials, not the companies they're attempting to extort?

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Isn't that sort of hard to separate though? Are they doing this on their own, or to stay in the good graces of the current administration? Would they even admit it if they're being coerced? The would have to go to the government to ask for help and that's certainly not going to work very well if those are the people instigating the problem in the first place.

Sure. That's problematic. But that's no excuse to not place blame where it should rightfully be laid, and instead place it elsewhere just because doing so is easier. There are rights at stake here.

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