By Selwyn Duke

“They’re private companies; they can do whatever they want.” This sentiment has often been expressed by libertarians addressing complaints about Big Tech censorship. But here’s the question: Is GoogTwitFace really private now — in spirit? Or have the tech companies become de facto arms of the state?

I’ve warned in the past that the “Democrat establishment has been doing an end run around the First Amendment, using Big Tech as a proxy to stifle dissenting views.” Now this is being echoed by Newsweek opinion editor Josh Hammer, who tells us that by way of colluding with GoogTwitFace to censor regime opponents, the Biden administration has collapsed “the ‘public’-‘private’ distinction.”

Do note that this is a hallmark of actual fascism: Keeping business in private hands, but ensuring that government has a controlling hand in it.

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