Western liberalism, by tradition, is a lot stricter on governments than on corporations. At some level this makes perfect sense to me. I can have a website whe

Western liberalism, by tradition, is a lot stricter on governments than on corporations. At some level this makes perfect sense to me. I can have a website where I let you publish but not Emily. OTOH, in 2018 a handful of corporations control most of social media. Banned from Twitter and FB is "silenced" to a meaningful extent. Also, these are mostly open platforms where most people get to publish if they want. This makes their "content policies" censor-esque in ways that bother liberals on instinctive freedom-of-speech grounds. I agree, and I think that this is an issue we need to solve. FB is the most important media platform in history. Civil wars are being started on FB. Elections are won on FB. I think it's a problem that needs a solution, or freedom of speech loses meaning. But... it's not surprising that liberals are freaking out about a "government acting like a corporation." The principal is basically "government cannot just act like a corporation."