Elon Musk, the head of Twitter, has suggested he is open to building his own “alternative” smartphone if internet companies decide to deplatform his social media platform, implying he may have no other choice. Musk said he would not rule it out, though he expressed some ambivalence toward the idea, in response to a suggestion from conservative commentator Liz Wheeler that the billionaire... 

Facebook has invoked its free speech right as a publisher, insisting its ability to smear users as extremists is protected, but its legal immunity thus far has rested on a law which protects platforms, not publishers. Which is it? Facebook has declared it has the right, as a publisher, to exercise its own free speech and bar conservative political performance artist Laura Loomer from its platform....