The New Gatekeepers: Corporate Deplatforming, Constitutional Limits, and the Question Nobody Wants to Answer
When a social media platform silences a user, it is not the government acting — and yet the effect on public discourse can be indistinguishable from a state-imposed restriction. A growing body of litigation is forcing courts and lawmakers to confront an inconvenient reality: the entities that now control the digital public square wield power that the First Amendment was never designed to address.
Jul 20, 2026