Twitter is wrong about Alex Jones: facts are not enough to combat conspiracy theories - The Verge

Instead, far too many of the biggest social platforms continue to tie themselves — and, by extension, their millions of users — to the railroad tracks of unfettered speech, more fearful of exuding a whiff of censorship than the oncoming train of misinformation and hate that is already barreling down upon us. The idea that “more speech” is the remedy for falsehood comes from a 1927 Supreme Court case involving the First Amendment — and while “free speech” is often the clarion call of those like Dorsey, private entities like Twitter making decisions based on incredibly basic social norms has almost nothing to do with it.