the right wing's case on this point is based on the fact that the government leaned upon facebook and google to remove or downrank any views during the pandemic

the right wing's case on this point is based on the fact that the government leaned upon facebook and google to remove or downrank any views during the pandemic that didn't align with government policy, including anything about covid having gotten loose from a lab that was doing gain of function research under the auspices of one A. Fauci. That actually is the sort of suppression of free speech that might lead a very low information voter to think that a fascist dictatorship was going to ensure freer speech going forward.