Censorship and the Ratchet Effect: Threats to Free Speech Outlast Supposed Crises

Source: The Daily Economy
by Julian Adorney

“Late last year, YouTube announced plans to reinstate accounts that had been banned at the behest of the Biden Administration for posting alleged COVID-19 misinformation. The announcement likely came as a relief to groups like the Children’s Health Defense Fund, a group associated with Robert Kennedy Jr.; and to Senator Ron Johnson; both of whom were punished by the social media giant for posting videos that ran contrary to the Biden administration’s official policy on the COVID-19 vaccine and on COVID-19 treatments. This is a good move. But we should remember, it wasn’t just YouTube that decided to punish speech disapproved by the prior administration.” (01/27/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/censorship-and-the-ratchet-effect-threats-to-free-speech-outlast-supposed-crises/