"Never let a good crisis go to waste."

The "think of the children!" argument has long been used by people in government to give themselves more power. In this case there's been a global effort to shut down unapproved speech. The government gains the power to censor and arrest for "bad speech" but it also gets to decide how the labels for the same are applied. There have been panel discussions and speeches on this at the WEF, and discussions of tactics for selling or pushing through this kind of legislation for at least a decade.

That's how we got that video of John Kerry lamenting the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

So under the aegis of "think of the children!" (which may or may not have come from "grass roots" organizations) you get a committee with the power to decide what speech is badthink or wrongthink, label it as such, and hand out arrest warrants for it.

Disagree with policy: that's "hate" or "misinformation" or "inflammatory."

Voice a moral opinion: that's "hate" or "bigotry" or "intolerance."

Express doubt over a leader's actions: that's "misinformation" or "inflammatory."

Fascinating that they're more worried about VPN use than about shutting down rape gangs.

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