The power Google and Facebook hold to censor and selectively control what people see and hear is terrifying: https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/google-and-facebo

The power Google and Facebook hold to censor and selectively control what people see and hear is terrifying: https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/google-and-facebook-ban-fake-news-sites-from-their-advertising-networks/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/google-and-facebook-ban-fa... In an important aspect, this is not any different han a library deciding to censor what information they make available. In the past this war has been waged before--As Google will ban news over quality of the information, librarians have banned books over the quality of the information. Once Tom Sawyer is banned, that sets a precedent to ban Catcher in the Rye, then Fahrenheit 451, then Animal Farm. It's a very slippery slope, and it's absolutely terrifying to me. I don't want to live in a world where few have absolute power over the many. If someone can control what you hear and see, they can control what you think. Is Trump's election just a convenient excuse to seize this opportunity? Thank you Snowden, I also am terrified by this.