“but if they hadn't censored in lockstep, it's likely that some government displeasure would come down on the uncooperative companies later” This is the root o

“but if they hadn't censored in lockstep, it's likely that some government displeasure would come down on the uncooperative companies later” This is the root of the problem, right? In the US, the government is specifically excluded from doing this either directly or indirectly, except in specific and rare circumstances that were not in play for most of the censorship that has occurred like covid origins, speech deemed racist, criticism of vaccines, speech deemed hateful, and speech deemed incorrect for example.