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Depends on whether that "private platform" is more or less a commons.

One of the most insidious phrases we have in our hyper-online society is that the "internet is not real life".

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc have profound effects on society and the notion that they are "private platforms" that have no responsibility to uphold our broad collective values is perverse.

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That's the kind of thinking that leads to “wrongthink” and precisely why we have the bill of rights. If you don't like what is on a platform, then you need to start your own and provide a safe space there. Short of advocating specific violence/treason/threats, you can generally say what you want in America. That's why section 230 is so valuable so that every newly elected party can't just start throwing Facebook employees in jail because they don't like what is being said there. If you don't like Facebook, don't use it; if you don't like twitter: don't use it; if you don't like gab: don't use it.

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