Glad to see this conversation moving forward. Having written about these issues, I think the practical solution is clear: professionalize content governance at the platform level. Facebook, for example, has taken meaningful steps in this direction with its Oversight Board.

We shouldn’t have to choose between extremes: a free-speech free-for-all (4chan), ideologically biased moderation (Twitter), erratic rule-by-owner (X), or state-driven control of discourse depending on who’s in power (Biden, Trump).

Professionalized content governance is not a perfect answer, but it represents the next evolution, an imperfect synthesis of free expression and responsible moderation. ht Richard Hanania