It may be a harm to society to allow things to happen as they have been, though -- platforms started out as reasonably free, with only the most egregious conten

It may be a harm to society to allow things to happen as they have been, though -- platforms started out as reasonably free, with only the most egregious content removed, used this freedom to develop a moat, and then are gradually restricting more and more content, while retaining their moat.