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Re: 2020s increase in censorship on social media- why? - Yesterday, 04:04 AM

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I've seen people on comment threads say they've gotten warned or suspended for using phrases such as "silly goose" before, so there's definitely a problem with censorship on social media. I say there should be free speech on social media within reason (if someone is threatening to harm others, for example, that's an issue). With it though, people should be free to call out issues such as someone being racist, homophobic, ableist, etc.
I agree. But this is how it was pre-2020. For at least a few years during the early 2020s, things changed. I feel like it was a factor in the election and super high political polarity that exists at present tbh as so many people were annoyed by it. I remember when yahoo removed their comments section in 2020 because nearly every comment was about how fauci mishandled the pandemic by not adequetly considering non-public-health consequences to lockdowns. I remember youtube got rid of dislikes when the fauci doc got downvoted so hard. Seemed to be the straw that broke that camel’s back.
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