There's an argument that if you really wanted an authentic digital public square, that protected your free speech rights, it should be operated by the governmen

There's an argument that if you really wanted an authentic digital public square, that protected your free speech rights, it should be operated by the government. Don't want to be at the mercy of advertisers? Let taxes pay for it. It could be like public access TV. Hell, here's a money making idea for ol Musky: Build a white-labelled version of twitter and lease it to governments.