It's also about public sentiment towards the companies and their interests. Comcast, for example, as a long history of trying to silence its critics[1][2]. The

It's also about public sentiment towards the companies and their interests. Comcast, for example, as a long history of trying to silence its critics[1][2]. They want to make their critics look like a minority or as if they don't exist at all, especially when much of the criticism is grassroots and organic from actual telecom customers who are often stuck with a monopoly's service. [1] https://www.salon.com/2008/06/09/comcast_2/ https://www.salon.com/2008/06/09/comcast_2/ [2] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/comcast-accused-of-trying-to-censor-anti-comcast-site/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/comcast-accu...