It all depends on the scope of the medium.
There is free speech in the US as long as it has little audience and no impact.
You can say what you want.
When it gets too big, like Reddit (doubled users in 2 years 2014 to 2016 from 75mil to 180mil) a regime operative is put in place.
The results were very noticable. Quarantined or deleted subs.
Banning/ghostbanning and early bots.
And has gotten worse year by year.
When they can’t control the medium, like TikTok or anything from another country with content that is not in line with the US narrative they will make up a reason to forbid it.
It all depends on the scope of the medium. There is free speech in the US as long as it has little audience and no impact. You can say what you want. When it gets too big, like Reddit (doubled users in 2 years 2014 to 2016 from 75mil to 180mil) a regime operative is put in place.
Enter Jessica Ashoosh. https://mronline.org/2021/06/14/jessica-ashooh-the-taming-of-reddit-and-the-national-security-state-plant-tabbed-to-do-it/
The results were very noticable. Quarantined or deleted subs. Banning/ghostbanning and early bots. And has gotten worse year by year.
When they can’t control the medium, like TikTok or anything from another country with content that is not in line with the US narrative they will make up a reason to forbid it.