Why no one can deplatform Hamas

And other challenges of moderating content in wartime

People in Ramallah, West Bank gather to protest against the destruction of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza on Wednesday. (Issam Rimawi / Getty Images)

War makes us revisit the question of what we want from social media. 

In their early days, social networks were largely organized around friends and family, and did not play a significant role in unfolding international conflicts. Twitter introduced the idea of a global-scale, interest-based network, and our sense of what social networks might offer evol…