Facebook Has Announced It Will Allow Us To Talk About The Lab Theory Now

...Facebook and other companies have turned a rolling ocean of free speech on the Internet into a swimming pool of censored and managed expression. So rejoice, Facebook will now allow us to discuss whether China is responsible for the release of this virus . . . for now.

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 27, 2021

 

Facebook’s announcement is meant to assure that it will not abuse its power as the overseer of any political or social discussions.  It is similar to the benign dictator pitch where a government argues that, despite authoritarian powers, it uses such powers in a benign and tolerant fashion. There is an alternative. It is called free speech.