On a different tack, if governments legislate some kinds of moderation for corporations, then the corporations would become an extension of the government and that would become government censorship in practice. Not good.
If governments legislate no moderation for corporations, then corporations would lose the ability to encourage different kinds of communication with moderation.
I don't see either case as healthy for freedom, capitalism, or individuals in the end.
Legislating that moderation rules must be made public, and moderation actions logged so the public could review a corporations compliance with its own chosen rules, seems reasonable to me. It would avoid deceptive moderation, which to me is a problem similar to other kinds of fraud that are outlawed.
On a different tack, if governments legislate some kinds of moderation for corporations, then the corporations would become an extension of the government and that would become government censorship in practice. Not good.
If governments legislate no moderation for corporations, then corporations would lose the ability to encourage different kinds of communication with moderation.
I don't see either case as healthy for freedom, capitalism, or individuals in the end.
Legislating that moderation rules must be made public, and moderation actions logged so the public could review a corporations compliance with its own chosen rules, seems reasonable to me. It would avoid deceptive moderation, which to me is a problem similar to other kinds of fraud that are outlawed.