When Big Tech said they were “protecting people from misinformation,” what they really meant was: protecting the political establishment from embarrassment. For years, Silicon Valley took it upon themselves to decide what Americans could read, say, think, or share. Not because they cared about truth — but because they cared about power.
Remember when posting about inflation got people labeled as “conspiracy theorists”? When asking basic questions about border security was considered “dangerous rhetoric”? When average Americans were kicked off entire platforms simply for quoting statistics?
Funny thing: everything people were banned for saying turned out to be true.
It was never about misinformation.
It was about controlling the narrative.
The censorship pattern was obvious:
– Anything that made Democrats look bad disappeared.
– Anything that made Trump look good was throttled.
– Anything involving accountability was “against community standards.”
These companies weren’t moderators.
They were gatekeepers.
Now that Trump is back in office and transparency orders are landing on their desks, Big Tech suddenly wants to talk about “openness” and “healthy discourse.” Sure — after years of manipulating elections, suppressing speech, and burying stories that mattered.
When the censorship machine starts fearing the people it used to silence, you know power is shifting.
Americans don’t need permission to speak.
We need platforms that stop trying to rule us.
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