This is the inevitable result when you erode free speech. Many will say Facebook is private and therefore free speech is not an issue here (an issue up for deba

This is the inevitable result when you erode free speech. Many will say Facebook is private and therefore free speech is not an issue here (an issue up for debate), but the concept is the same. Once you start banning speech for any reason, you no longer have free speech, and the wealthy and powerful will find ways to ban any speech that they don't like. All the people advocating that we ban "hate speech", criminalize "cyberbullying" or otherwise ban speech they find offensive are useful idiots to the powerful interests that want to eliminate free speech for purposes of control. Nothing is as central to the concept of a free and open society then free speech and free expression.