The “Twitter Files” was a giant nothingburger fraudulently peddled as some sort of exposé by bad faith actors. Ultimately, these platforms want to have it all - the sole right to sell ads against content, while having no liability over that content. Tech platforms should have a financial responsibility with respect to the harms their content causes. Aggressive moderation against slander, harmful conspiracy theories that destabilize our politics and public health, and incitement to insurrection are easy pickings to ban. That one political party overtly embraces this shitshow doesn’t make it “political.”
Wait, holdup a second. You think a company handing over personal data to the FBI and censoring free speech isn't a "shitshow" but the REAL shitshow is that investigative journalists are "bad faith actors"?