Are you sure that these people were "gloating" about private companies moderating arbitrarily? In the US, this is simply an obvious consequence of the first ame

Are you sure that these people were "gloating" about private companies moderating arbitrarily? In the US, this is simply an obvious consequence of the first amendment, as many people have indeed pointed out. The same people may personally hold wildly different beliefs as to whether this legal situation is desirable or not. And in European countries, where there is no first amendment preventing the government from interfering with social media moderation policies, the situation is often different, and courts have required social media companies to publish speech which they had intended to moderate; see for example: https://www.tribunaux-rechtbanken.be/sites/default/files/media/hbca/gent/files/20240603-persbericht-meta-moet-schadevergoeding-betalen-aan-politicus.pdf https://www.tribunaux-rechtbanken.be/sites/default/files/med...