Policing Speech Instead of Protecting It

The New York Times just published a feature article entitled, "Why is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn't." In a democratic country, the only thing policed should be crime. It's bad enough that Big Tech has taken it upon itself to police speech. It's even worse when the government does it. Information monopolies and governments should protect and encourage free speech, not restrict it. It's more than a little odd to see such an anti-free speech article in a major newspaper.