The Rwandan genocide was caused by hate speech, not by government censorship. Hate speech does cause genocides and violence. Internet platforms are not ‘the government’ nor is removing hate speech from internet platforms a cause of mass violence. Our system has never been one of free speech absolutism. This is not what the right to free speech has ever involved. Various types of harmful speech have been regulated by the government. And internet platforms are not the government in any case. Various media are clearly a conduit for the planning and production of extremist violence, and there is no obligation for the private owners of these forms of media to allow themselves to be used for speech which urges mass violence or even for misinformation.