As much as Alex Jones says some indefensible things, this continuing saga is a great argument for why we need to start regulating certain things on the Internet

As much as Alex Jones says some indefensible things, this continuing saga is a great argument for why we need to start regulating certain things on the Internet like utilities. Imagine Alex Jones's power company deciding to shut down power to his studio because they (rightly) think he's being an asshole, or the phone company disconnecting his landline. Just because something's a private company doesn't mean we should put up with them selectively denying people access to their "platform". Being plugged into the power company is also being on their "platform", and would probably be regulated as loosely as Facebook, YouTube, PayPal et al if electric power was a thing that had only really taken off in the last 20 years.