OPINION
Big Tech’s speech-squelching more dangerous than government censorship
By Matthew Schmitz
October 20, 2020 | 8:00pm
Last week, Twitter blocked links to The Post's reporting on Hunter Biden.
Teresa Kroeger
Counter to what some on the left and the right believe, censorship in America has not disappeared. It has been outsourced.
The Post Office no longer screens our mail for obscene material, and the local librarian is unlikely to ban books. But a system of private corporations controls what Americans can read and see. This system is less obedient to small-town values and religiosity than it is to the Chinese Communist Party and the woke ascendancy.
Not so long ago, only governments were powerful enough to engage in censorship. The rise of the tech giants has changed that.
Google, Facebook and Twitter work hard to maximize their control over the flow of information. Then they turn around and decide what information their users can see.
Last week, Twitter blocked links to The Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden. It suspended the accounts of the White House press secretary, House Republicans and the Trump campaign for sharing the story. Facebook also restricted the story, citing “our standard process to reduce the spread of misinformation.”
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2020/10/20/big-techs-speech-squelching-more-dangerous-than-government-censorship/
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