Speech will always be a struggle between the desire of power to cement its control, and the desire of citizens to live authentically. It is a war that will neve

Speech will always be a struggle between the desire of power to cement its control, and the desire of citizens to live authentically. It is a war that will never, ever end, as even something as broad and free as the US’ 1A leaves ample room for government shenanigans to suit the desires of power in censoring speech. That being said, it’s unequivocally bad when censorship is done via hidden means. No good censorship occurs in the shadows or behind closed doors, as such measures preclude accountability by the masses of the powerful. To shield the exercise of power behind privacy is to argue that it is never wrong.