This article started strong, then ended with some weak arguments about censorship.

Let's get it straight: Everyone has the right to free speech, you don't have the right to a megaphone.

Everyone has the right to free speech, but when your "free speech" starts infringing on my rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we've got a problem.

The sites that spew hate speech, or harass people whose children were killed in a massacre infringe on the rights of others to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.

Just like we've seen the alt-right (neo-Nazi) assemblies in the US recently, no one is denying them free speech.

But, corporations have Terms of Service. They reserve the right to have you not use their platform. Freedom of speech does not equal a megaphone on a private corporation's platform.

WP, Apple, Spotify, GoDaddy, hosting companies all have the right to kick you off their platform if they feel you violate the Terms of Service (or if they fear they will get hit with a libel suit by allowing you to keep defaming people on their platform).

Your freedom of speech does not override my right to live my life in peace. When it becomes harassment or hate speech, it is no longer free speech.

The slippery slope argument doesn't hold up, because we're already at the bottom of the slope, and trying to work our way back up the hill.

WP is well within *their* rights to kick off whoever they see fit. That's not censorship. The person can always host their site on their own.

Side note: It's funny how people are all about the free market, until the free market says "we don't like what you are peddling". The market has spoken. Accept it.