The heart of this discussion is not the freedom of speech, it's the the ability to say whatever you want without consequence. What Twitter wants, though select

The heart of this discussion is not the freedom of speech, it's the the ability to say whatever you want without consequence. What Twitter wants, though selective undocumented "curating" of its platform, is the ability to slander, intimidate, harass, terrorize and verbally abuse whomever they don't like, without actually being drug infront of a jury and tried for crimes. Telco's wanted the same government exemption that USPS had; someone mailed a letter with a bomb, they can't be held responsable. This was something the courts were likely to give them anyway. Intentionally promoting a user's post containing a manifesto about assassinating a standing president is no different than USPS mailing millions of manifesto letters to people. One mechanism is simply more automated.