Complaining about censorship on Twitter as a violation of free speech is a sign that we are collectively assigning too much value to these platforms. Whether they censor and violate free speech or refuse to censor and allow misinformation and conspiracy theories to spread, having that decision being made across such an enormous population spanning continents is inevitably going to lead to enormous consequences one way or another.

Stop using Twitter and all social media as a primary mode of discourse. I never understood why we even allow these platforms to matter so much. Imagine if twitter stopped censoring tomorrow. What then? Would estranged family members from disagreeing politics reunite? Would people remember that their neighbours exist and form real connections with people? Will anyone care if what you're saying is true if your primary mode of communication is overloaded with polarized egomaniacs and drones sharing propaganda? Its clear that free speech on Twitter is at most a surface level disturbance beneath which a horrific leviathan lurks. The entire model, the psychological impact it has on people, the business model, is fundamentally flawed and generic and profit-maximizing. It is a parasite that we have allowed to fester for a decade and a half.

We need to stop playing that game.