In this algorithmically recommended world it would be naive enough to think that censorship is as binary as “you can’t say that!” or “now you see it / now you don’t (because we took it down!)” It’s all about the reach these days, i.e. “you can say whatever you want but we control how many people actually see it”:

https://theconversation.com/a-few-weeks-of-xs-algorithm-can-...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/29/elon-mu...