What if all the censorship is not just a sudden deep concern about hate speech on the part these social media companies and mainstream media?
Once it became clear the news was fast losing viewership, the next frontier - the free internet and social media - couldn't be left to sit unmolested.
What if they actually take their role as "the front page of the internet" seriously and therefore all the censorship is really an effort to push certain narratives globally, and to silence the actual truth?
Certainly would explain why any deviation from their narrative is instantly met with a cacophonous chorus of anger and shaming.
Or why any competition that allows free speech suddenly loses all the means to operate.
Something nasty is in the works, and we ain't seen nothing yet.
