The impetus of the article is that the party who filed the amicus brief included the Ben Franklin quote in an attempt to justify compelled hosting of user speec

The impetus of the article is that the party who filed the amicus brief included the Ben Franklin quote in an attempt to justify compelled hosting of user speech. > I might well help those wishing to speak $BadThunk to set up a site of their own, where they can say whatever the hell they please and not bother me. And you can give that help if you wish to. But the First Amendment doesn't give people who speak $BadThink the right to make you help them set up a site. The First Amendment does give you the right to refuse. So the article might have misinterpreted Ben Franklin's personal opinion about whether moderation is good in general, but correctly interpreted Ben Franklin's opinion about whether moderation is a right.