content: this is and was already happening and was openly talked about by google executives before and during the presidential election to silence people who didn't agree with them on sites like reddit, twitter, and other social media platforms.  this is not a joke or exaggeration. this was, in fact, happening in full swing.  it's precisely the reason reddit got sooooooo fucking cancerous. people think everything happening is candid and done by people so it has a massive, massive force multiplier that comes with it