They're common carriers.
Utility is a sub-distinction.
The application of law to these companies is due to their being common carriers.
There's no real point in discussing the details, not least of all because it's still Constitutionally illegal to offer protections like Section 230 does, and it's already done. Orders like this can't be rescinded. The big tech companies became more trouble than they were worth. All that's left to do is make it look organic, which I honestly don't care about much anymore.
Common carrier is a telecom term. The term for physical entities that provide life necessary services, is utility. "Big Tech" is neither term you use.
If it's so illegal, why are you here? Go get a lawyer and "fix" it.
A better question you should ask is after the mods are gone because they ceased to serve US interests, what is the next category of obsolete or problematic cog in the system.
Maybe it's all the astroturfing cells the pentagon hires to manage public opinion and break up public organization.
Too bad they aren't being more useful. No doubt it's because the chain of command has become so warped that they don't know who they're working for anymore and renegade contractors have been making up their own orders without a means to quantify, track, or apprehend them.
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