On the Fact that In April, 2019, Congressman Cedric Richmond Warned Facebook and Google that They Had Better Become Serious About Restricting "Harmful Content" (as of Course Defined by Richmond and His Fellow Parasitic Sociopaths but I Digress) OR ELSE

Here's his specific threat - "We're going to make it swift, we're going to make it strong, and we're going to hold them very accountable." And, yes, there are several ways to look at this; a) we have a sitting Congressman who's not so subtly threatening private companies and b) we have these same private companies who've ultimately decided that they're willing to do the bidding of these low-IQ political buffoons......but only if they can get something in return (protection from law-suits and antitrust, perhaps). Either way the rest of us are now staring-down at some full-throated crony-capitalism and a bad-assed argument that these private tech companies aren't really all that private after-all.