Questions like "do we really want a handful of unelected billionaires deciding what is acceptable speech" are getting ahead of the game. First, why was it that

Questions like "do we really want a handful of unelected billionaires deciding what is acceptable speech" are getting ahead of the game. First, why was it that these supposedly too-powerful tech giants could be intimidated into allowing activity that was clearly against ToS to go on for years before they grew a pair? "Free speech" in privately owned spaces is a difficult problem. i would settle for even handed enforcement of ToS and a more transparent ToS appeal process.