The difference is that now we've centralized who decides what is "dangerous [and] fringe". Many of the ideas that are popular at big tech companies are consider

The difference is that now we've centralized who decides what is "dangerous [and] fringe". Many of the ideas that are popular at big tech companies are considered exactly that by many people. Now, instead of each community deciding what's acceptable for themselves it's a small handful of companies from California deciding for everyone.