Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

That's the government's entire responsibility regarding 'free-speech'- to not make any laws restricting it. The idea that the government is responsible for protecting your speech by providing a safe space or protecting you from the public consequences of unpopular speech only started when conservatives realized a lot of their speech wasn't popular anymore.

This has to be the worst idea I’ve heard all week. The free market doesn’t want to hear hate speech and outright lies, which are the other things that might get censored currently.

Absolutely not a conservative position.

Sounds like a Centralised system that will be controlled by the government, no thank you.

Why not? Would make a good jobs project. Im for it.

Is this so you can spew more transphobic content without getting banned?

Government run social media would be awful. There’s not a single upside to it. Everyone would be unhappy on that platform. Moderation would have to be so strict that it would stifle any conversation, and I guarantee one political side at all times would be yelling about how they’re being censored more than the other. Without moderation it’ll turn into a far right cesspool like every other unmoderated social media is.

Also why would I hand my data directly to a government that I don’t trust? At least now they have to go through other companies and 3rd parties.