Trump's and the Right's temper tantrum against social media platforms long predate Covid lockdowns. It started when conservative users went so far over the edge

Trump's and the Right's temper tantrum against social media platforms long predate Covid lockdowns. It started when conservative users went so far over the edge that no one could deny they were violating a site's TOS anymore and a handful of long overdue bans started coming out. Of course, those actions were all carefully crafted to placate the outcry without jeopardizing too much revenue.