>I think part of it is this; those "50 publications" --the media-- is paying attention now, and they judge the internet like a media publication and not a forum

>I think part of it is this; those "50 publications" --the media-- is paying attention now, and they judge the internet like a media publication and not a forum. The funny thing is, those internet companies had a chance to show the media they're not be seen as publications. But the platforms didn't. They wanted an out that let them exercise power over content at the discretion of the people in control of the platform. It's the cost-benefit tradeoff they signed up for. And now other entities are exercising their soft power over the platform to get them to exercise power over the content on the platform.