Thread by @AriCohn

Much agitation against "big tech" is misguided & First Amendmently problematic (on both sides), but I do share two concerns:

1) Giving a govt agency regulatory power over platofrms is a bad, bad idea

2) Govt communication with platforms re: what should be banned is problematic.

Damnit give me that edit button.

Point blank: the government should not be advising social media platforms about what content they should moderate. Platforms should not be asking government. And if asked, the government should not answer (haha like the government has ever missed an opportunity to exert its will)

If a plaintiff could plausibly allege that the government actually leaned on a platform to moderate certain, specific content, you won't hear me crying about asking the courts to decide whether that's sufficient to state a claim for violating First Amendment rights.