The tendency of both the left and the right to flip-flop on free speech depending on their perceived cultural power is the power theory of free speech.

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• A robust notion of free speech must include confidence that one will not lose their job or suffer social ostracism for offending others. YMYascha Mounk8 Oct 2025censorship
• Algorithms have no freedom of speech, so regulating what they recommend does not infringe anyone's free speech YHYuval Noah Harari5 Sept 2024censorship
• America's power is recovering from an authoritarian grip on free speech DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson7 Jan 2025censorship
• An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media. BABill Ackman20 Feb 2024censorship
• Before the internet, most Americans had no practical freedom of speech unless they owned or worked for a media corporation. BSBalaji Srinivasan12 Jul 2026censorship

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