The growing controversy is whether or not media outlets and social media should give any air time to personalities with controversial views. More platforms have drawn a firm line, refusing to host certain voices and their ideas in an effort to distance themselves from perspectives seen as extreme, repugnant, or simply outside accepted norms.

This strategy—commonly described as narrowing the “Overton window”—has become a flashpoint in debates about free speech, truth, and who gets to influence public conversation.