I would argue that they should not have been able to ban him. In other words, there should have been regulations preventing the platform from banning Trump. Twitter functions as a de facto monopoly. Due to network externalities, users derive more value from social media platforms as the number of other users increases, so the equilibrium is for nearly all users to be on a single platform. And indeed, nearly all users of “microblogging” platforms (Twitter, Gab and Parler) are on Twitter. Hence, although there are technically alternatives to Twitter, they are not
Should Twitter have been able to ban Trump?
Should Twitter have been able to ban Trump?
Should Twitter have been able to ban Trump?
I would argue that they should not have been able to ban him. In other words, there should have been regulations preventing the platform from banning Trump. Twitter functions as a de facto monopoly. Due to network externalities, users derive more value from social media platforms as the number of other users increases, so the equilibrium is for nearly all users to be on a single platform. And indeed, nearly all users of “microblogging” platforms (Twitter, Gab and Parler) are on Twitter. Hence, although there are technically alternatives to Twitter, they are not