ACLU: Alex Jones ban could set dangerous social media precedent

In particular, Wizner told HuffPost that he is worried about massive private companies holding the power to define that ambiguous category.

“I have some of the same concerns about platforms making those decisions,” Wizner said.

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“Governments at least purport to be acting solely in the public interest, but platforms are making these decisions based on what’s in their financial interest,” he continued. “So their interest might be in avoiding controversy, but do we want the most important speech platforms in the world to avoid controversy?”

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