It's a private company. Any conservative who thinks it's a good idea to allow government to tell private companies what they can and can't do, say, print or think... isn't a conservative.
Vomit up that idiotic belief in a few years when they start shutting your mobile phone for wrongspeak.
Twitter has an exemption from libel and slander laws because they bill themselves as "platform," not a "publisher". But part of being a "platform" is that they allow all kinds of opinions (within sane limits) rather than permitting only a select few opinions.
However, if they're censoring mainstream, non-toxic conservative thought (distinct from e.g., incitement to mass murder), they clearly aren't just a platform, but have become a publisher. As such, they are no longer immune to slander and libel civil liability.
Because they claim to not be a "publisher" under US Code 230, and therefore receive substantial, unique legal benefits and protections.
Private company can do what it wants? That is the argument that these Libs take regarding social media corporations, but the truly private little baker cannot seem to do what he wants when it comes to baking a cake that goes against his religious beliefs.
At that level, there is no such thing as a "private company". They are all in a symbiotic relationship with Government and contribute massive propaganda efforts to support the people who own that Government.
"It's a big club and you are not in it". (George Carlin)
Twitter wields censorship powers that the Government does not want to take the blame for wielding.
Big corporations and big Governments must be restrained, and for the same reason. They can accumulate too much power over ordinary people.
I would tend to agree, but in this case they receive a number of legal protections that they are abusing. If the legal protections are removed and they can be held accountable for their actions, then you have a valid point. There is also the anti-trust aspect to look at. Although I was initially opposed to the ATT breakup, it eventually did promote a lot more competition, diversity and development of new technologies in the telecom space. At some point, organizations like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon become so dominant that they stifle and freeze out any competition. (Look at what happened with Parler.)
Twitter was colluding with government; read the original unpimped story at https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3959993/posts