>For one, because said corporations carry on like it is. As an example, Twitter pretends it's responsible for the Arab Spring. Reddit up until very recently was

>For one, because said corporations carry on like it is. As an example, Twitter pretends it's responsible for the Arab Spring. Reddit up until very recently was loudly and repeatedly touted by its founders as a platform for free speech. That constitutes false advertising at worse. This doesn't come under censorship in any way. >Meanwhile, you've lost your social network and get to start over again from square one. This is not a minor annoyance. And so a website owner is obliged to give you free reign on their site? Sorry if I don't agree but the fact of the matter is that leaning on a walled garden to keep your friends is IMO a bad idea. I've been hit by the ban hammer more than once on sites like Twitter and I've learned it's best to keep your friends on your contact list on the old phone. Yes, it's not as hip or cool but luckily many contact apps have social media fields.