Sensible adults have long been aware that censorship is something the government does, and that private individuals (and by extension, corporations) are perfectly fine restricting what speech they're willing to accept in their environment. The rule commonly known as "my house, my rules". The problem many people have with the open web is that many people don't step up and spell out house rules, which others interpret as "sure, we can pee on the carpet"
And you'll note that even the ACLU is perfectly fine with the government restricting speech in some well-defined circumstances[1].
And you'll note that even the ACLU is perfectly fine with the government restricting speech in some well-defined circumstances[1].
[1] Visible if you see the full text of the blog post you linked: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/09/28/why-we-must-still...