It seemed like Cruz was making Twitter a publisher. I ask: what is the difference between deleting or marking in some way tweets that do not meet their guidelines and their making decisions on policy?
A platform can delete posts on general policy, such as sexual content or threats.
If they delete or restrict posts due to political points of view, that makes them a publisher like FR.
Will this help to explain it?
“Are social media sites responsible for user content?
The federal law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, has helped Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and countless other internet companies flourish. ... The First Amendment protects free speech, including hate speech, but Section 230 shields websites from liability for content created by their users.May 28, 2020”
But now these sites are censoring the political content put on their sites so they are acting like publishers. They should have that protection of section 230 taken away from them.