Censorship, all about political power.

 IT IS NEVER ABOUT DEMOCRACY OR PUBLIC SAFETY

LEFT REALLY FEARS OTHER OPINIONS

The 2008 Obama campaign was praised for using social media to be able to connect with large numbers of voters and motivate them to the polls. In 2016 the Trump campaign's similar use of social media was likened to criminal activity. 2016 was the pivotal moment that the media decided it needed to silence or at least limit the speech of the other side.

It is no secret that most of the media and particularly social media leans farther and farther to the left in their allegiance. They realized that they have the power not only to move public opinion but to go all out by limiting the speech of anyone who opposes their view. The major networks have been mostly bought out by media companies who view the news and politics as a spectator sport. But a spectator sport that they are increasingly rigging for their own benefit.

We have witnessed the false Russia collusion conspiracy, which they had the power and knowledge to reveal the truth, but aided and abetted for ratings and profit. We saw them bury the Hunter and Joe Biden corruption story and label it Russian disinformation when they knew it was all true. They claimed that $40,000 of Russian facebook public opinion surveys was an attempt to throw an election.  Anyone who is paying any attention can see the corruption either in false stories or omission of true stories. 

Now we see politicians claiming they are concerned about the influence of social media. Not likely, they are concerned that the influence of social media should be fashioned for their benefit and their benefit alone. Of course, we are told all this is concerning the preservation of democracy and the public good. 

Of course the social media bosses claim it is all a result of algorithms, actually most of these decisions are made when some operative informs facebook or other social media that these sites or writers are not to be viewed and they comply. The algorithm is actually people informing them to what they want limited or removed. It is just another way of escaping accountability. 

These sites all have rules listing content that is not in the, so called, community interest. But it is a fact that their focus goes far afield from any of these listed rules. They never actually inform anyone as to what rules have been violated. This would open them up to possible accountability. It is likely they probably don't really know why, just that someone in influence does not want the story.

Different opinions and views are the bedrock of democracy, not censorship. The market place of ideas should be a free market and ultimately the truth will be made clear. Censorship is the tool of those who fear their ideas cannot holdup in the light of day.