What are "rights"? While it can be said you have certain rights, it's more accurate to say no one has a right to prevent you from doing these things. Those who say "rights don't exist" are arguing backwards.
Nothing can create a right to do things no one has a right to do. Not a majority, constitutions, legislation, "public safety", or the common good. Those claiming otherwise are lying so you will let them do things you know aren't good for you, making you question whether these things might be good for society. Nothing which violates individual rights is good for society, since society is made up of individuals no one has a right to violate.
It's not that you have a right to free speech; it's that no one has a right to censor you. The flipside is that you have no right to force anyone to publish your words.
Social media companies' censorship has been largely due to government demanding they censor certain things; threatening the companies if they won't. Government, since it isn't an individual, has no rights at all, including no right to bully companies into censoring.
No one has a right to dictate what others believe or what religion they practice. On the other hand, no one has a right to violate the life, liberty, or property of another using religion as justification. This includes the religious belief in government authority, which is the most prevalent cult in the world, frequently practiced even by those who follow another religion.
No one has a right to prohibit a protest against government, nor to bar you from entering a building you own- such as any government facility. Government believers hate this one. They will murder you for acting on this because people who work for government do things no one has a right to do.
No one has a right to decide what weapons you own, carry, buy, sell, or build. Just as no one has a right to threaten or kill anyone who isn't currently a danger to life, liberty, or property.
No one has a right to prevent you from arranging for the health care, food, water, housing, and energy you need. No one has the right to force others to pay for their necessities.
Understanding a "right" as something no one has a right to stop you from doing makes it easier to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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