The Chinese and Soviet censors had LITERAL swords of damocles over their head (especially Soviet under Stalin given that a lot of the higher ups were the kind of scum that were extremely happy to follow all his orders and execute them effectively as they got to do THEIR evil uninterrupted under him)
The big tech censors WANT to be the ones that hold the swords and have people terrified of them.
The Chinese and Soviet censors had LITERAL swords of damocles over their head (especially Soviet under Stalin given that a lot of the higher ups were the kind of scum that were extremely happy to follow all his orders and execute them effectively as they got to do THEIR evil uninterrupted under him)
The big tech censors WANT to be the ones that hold the swords and have people terrified of them.