This is expected of Google. People have been talking about this for years; they were labeled conspiracy theorists. Same with social media in general. Censorship? Shadow banning? Nah, you're crazy bro! Now it's being done openly - with PR language, of course, that is designed to manipulate the public's perception of censorship.

These are private companies. They're in their legal right to censor whoever they want. However, what throws me off is when these very same companies preach freedom, protecting democracy, and drum roll....freedom of speech.

They don't believe in any of those values. They work every day to subvert them.