They are not f***ing editors. They are people who control the communications infrastructure.
If we do not solve this problem with law, we *WILL* solve this problem with combat. I do not understand how you are so foolish that you cannot see the horrible threat this poses to us all.
Just as Hearst, Pulitzer, Annenberg, Sulzberger, Murdoch, Bezos et al. have controlled communications infrastructure, and rejected content, forever.
You can claim the techs are different because they control everything, but you're wrong. I'm a big consumer of news and opinion yet rely on FB, YouTube or Twitter for less than 5% of what I read.
The idea that these companies can silence anyone is laughable on its face and no one can honestly defend the claim.
What's different about these companies is they offer people a way to make money off of their thoughts without having to make much if any investment in their own infrastructure.
People like money and if someone like Alphabet threatens their income they will come up with all kinds of specious claims - censorship, stifling free speech, conspiracy - to keep the gravy train rolling.