Libertarian: Big Tech Widens Censorship

Tech giants have started “partnering with watchdog groups and law enforcement to share information about so-called extremists using their platforms,” warns Reason’s Robby Soave. PayPal will work with the leftwing Anti-Defamation League to identify and block “extremists,” while the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube “will be expanding their use of a centralized database that compiles extremist content for the purposes of coordinated de-platforming.” Beware: With these new capacities, “information may eventually be shared with law enforcement.” Private corporations may not be bound to follow the Constitution, but it’s federal authorities that are encouraging these changes — and “we have the right to speak out against government encroachment.”