You should have seen how insane the censorship was on Twitter in 2015 leading up to the 2016 election when Twitter was ran by Jack. Dark times.
I saw it during the covid and election
The Establishment really upped their game in 2020, since their unexpected defeats in 2016. Trump and Brexit both happened despite thinking the contrary were in the bag. Now they have so much power they don't even care about wielding their power in the open.