> Is it free speech to just be mean to someone? Yes. But thankfully for internet platforms, they are not bound by free speech. > If toxicity on a platform get

> Is it free speech to just be mean to someone? Yes. But thankfully for internet platforms, they are not bound by free speech. > If toxicity on a platform gets so bad that people don’t even want to post a comment, they don’t even want to share an idea, you’ve actually threatened expression. No, you've only threatened the appeal of the platform. Expression and free speech lives on outside of it.