>I find that kind of political gatekeeping fit for a bygone and dead era

This is a new thing though. I'm on my 40s, you didn't used to expect people to cancel things because you disagreed with the creators politics.

>Twitter were also focused on silencing dissent; so much that they banned a sitting US President.

Should the sitting president get a free pass? For better or worse these platforms do need to have rules. If those rules are to be fair, everyone should be held to the same standard.