Yes, I know. The First Amendment doesn’t apply to private companies and social media are private companies. But consider also that 95% (or something like that) of our communications to each other are funneled through social media. When Youtube shuts down a journalist’s coverage of a news-worthy event based on an absurd interpretation of its unilaterally imposed guidelines, it’s something we should document and fix (I don’t pretend to have an easy fix). Matt Taibbi tells the story here [1]. It’s part of a growing trend. This issue burst onto the national stage when Twitter shut down the New York Post’s account over the Hunter Biden censorship [2] story. Krystal Ball’s tweet [3] at The Rising sums up this latest incident:
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