Potentially, yes. There absolutely should be some limits on what you can say on TV. And they should be different to the limits on what you and I can say to each other one on one. Social media is a new paradigm shift. And not only is it different because of algorithm-driven echo chambers and the way that reliable and unreliable sources are often indistinguishable, but because every moron or bigot willing to pay the richest man in the world $8 a month can have their voice artificially boosted to millions of people.

We solved this problem for TV. We know, for example, that if a reporter is talking to a member of the public and that person says something hateful or discriminatory or provably false, they might be bleeped or the producer might make the decision to not air that person's comments. We know that when a broadcast is live, producers will be more selective about who gets to speak and ask them not to use certain language. This isn't censorship. It's so senselessly hysterical to act as if placing any limits on public expression that is beamed to millions is some draconian infringement on our human rights.

We have a right to whatever deranged thoughts go through our heads, we have a right to express those thoughts, but that's not the same thing as a right to have millions of people listen to those thoughts.

And for the record, I've been speaking out about censorship and the excesses of "wokeness" for almost as long as I've been writing. I've taken more than my fair share of abuse for that. So please don't try to high-horse me.