It's been that way for a long time, sadly. I won't give the Atlantic a click.

The usual situation applies. When you're out of power, you advocate for free speech, and once you're in power, you advocate for shutting down of free speech. That's why lefties in the 1950s until about the mid 2000s were big on free speech. The right had cancel culture of commies, and cancel culture of those who didn't support the global war on terror. When the left gained dominance in social media, why, the parties flipped on the issue.

To their credit, though, the ACLU is defending the NRA against New York's targeting of their insurance and financials through regulatory overreach. The reason, they say a red state government could do the same thing.