Tumblr was destroyed precisely because of Apples puritanical views toward sexual expression (along with Tumblr's extreme laziness in moderating ACTUAL child por

Tumblr was destroyed precisely because of Apples puritanical views toward sexual expression (along with Tumblr's extreme laziness in moderating ACTUAL child porn). Discord may well be as well. "Private companies have the right" always fails to account for the fact that these "private companies" are monopolies, with immense control over wide swaths of people's digital lives. No company can compete with them. No alternative to them can be created, because they will immediately be squashed, or fall into obscurity. Participation in these services is "optional," but more and more only in the way that having electricity or running water is "optional." As a result, these "private companies" effectively become governments, ruling over digital countries you are forced to live in, and affording you little to no rights. And yet, they do this in an ACTUAL country, which DOES afford its citizens rights. Thus a conflict exists. Ordinary "Private Companies" can censor whatever they like. Monopolies cannot, because doing so threatens free society.