The only real reason they are censoring anything is to make it so the government doesn't have to intervene. If youtube/facebook/etc were just platforms where p

The only real reason they are censoring anything is to make it so the government doesn't have to intervene. If youtube/facebook/etc were just platforms where people were spreading false information/hysteria/propaganda from other countries targeting the US during a crisis the government would step in and force its own censorship regime on these services. These services are trying to prevent that from happening by being proactive about policing themselves. This is expensive. They wouldn't do it without a profit motive of keeping the government from getting involved, which would probably be even worse.