It's understood there is no universal truth, so the news here is not that these platforms are becoming distorted where they were not before. It's that social media platforms in the democratic US are increasingly moderating content to align with dictators for, one assumes, money. Perhaps it's to increase platform reach in those countries, but what is the side-effect going to be on US politics with an online media landscape that now skews more heavily toward #dictator? Will US states legislatures begin to request the same 'moderation services' to support their own anti-democratic agendas? If so the country will change, the economic environment will change here, and not for the better.