You guys are right, the social media giants, Google in particular, should be able to remove content that they disagree with. However, I wish they had the wisdom not to.
A few thoughts:
1. The reason they did this is probably because there are mid term elections coming up and the Democrats can't afford to bomb as hard as they did during the presidential one
2. They are legitimizing Alex Jones - his followers already think that mainstream media is colluding to show a world view that fits their rhetoric. This just adds more fuel to the fire
3. If they're going to ban Alex Jones, then are they going to ban all content they disagree with or just conservative viewpoints? This is a slippery slope.
4. Google isn't required to have the same principles that the government has so yes they could revoke access to whoever they choose. However, doing this shows that they're not interested in a marketplace of ideas. In other words free speech is not an important value for them. Also, when they were in their infancy they recieved 100s of millions of tax payer dollars from the government without which they would not be so successful. It's hillarious that they used to say "don't be evil" because they're a bunch of evil bastards.
If anyone's interested:
https://www.privacytools.io/