Legally, the Government can't do that, any more than they can require Free Republic to publish liberal articles
or remove the “we are just a platform” protections
Those protections were enacted by Congress, so they can only be removed by Congress
OR they kick him off and 70 million followers move to wherever he goes
That, he can do (and probably should)
I heard a lot of the people getting kicked off twitter are going to Gab(.com). I have nothing to do with them just they seem like a platform similar to twitter
“Those protections were enacted by Congress, so they can only be removed by Congress”
Or by executive order. Congress has to override that with a 2/3 vote.
Also, he can utterly delegitimize them by forbidding any executive branch office to have a FB or Twitter account, or from accessing those sites on government computers or phones. No NASA facebook, no CIA twitter, no US Navy, DOD, HHS, SEC, FCC, no USDA, no USFS, no BLM, etc etc. He can forbid the executive branch from any expenditures with companies that censor based on politics. So no Google and Facebook information services... etc etc.
He has more power than you think.
So, not only are they making 'in kind political contributions' to the democrat party by erroneously attacking the President, but they can no longer legally offer their publicly traded company as a platform - because they now control content.
I think Trump is acting now because he is the target and it should go quickly to the Supreme Court.
D@mn straight, next thing you know they will order us to wear a mask and get no closer than 6 feet and prevent churches from meeting and singing. He can't do that and he can't stop twitter either.