That makes sense, thanks. There were DMCA takedowns before centralization, and there was certainly debate over SOPA/PIPA though. Other illegal content was take

That makes sense, thanks. There were DMCA takedowns before centralization, and there was certainly debate over SOPA/PIPA though. Other illegal content was taken down in the past too. (Libel, exploitative media, etc) I think the difference now is that we've widely experienced actual real-life impacts of unfiltered & unregulated but widely circulated speech. Attacks by incels and dis/misinformation about COVID come to mind. Many people now realize that they and/or society at large been exposed to and tricked by malicious actors, or at least seen their effects. There have been several protests stirred up by foreign operatives for example. IMO that shouldn't be legal, but in a way it's another form of yelling "fire" in a crowded theater that we have to grapple with defining and regulating.