Their refusal to cease the irresponsible spread of false information that is being disseminated with their claim to be protecting free speech is a nothing more than a guise. There real concern is protection of profits regardless of the the consequences. It is analogous to calm of protecting free speech in yelling a false warning of fire and causing the deaths of hundred including innocent children in a stampede. A flagrant example is taking place on Facebook in the case of the deadly COVID-19 virus. These companies that are willing to protect their profits are guilty in the cause of thousands of deaths. The threat that variants could develop as a result of this irresponsible behavior that can not be controlled and eliminated, such as smallpox, polio and measles, could result in massive deaths with few if any survivors.
This not some unsubstantiated threat. Noted experts are warning of the threat that mutations of the COVID-19 could produce a deadly mutation that could even defy detection techniques. The COVID virus once it has infected a person is reproducing constantly with over 30 new mutations per round of reproduction. The threat that it could produce a fatal mutation is not a idle threat. When this threat is couple with the insane actions of a person in a powerful position such as the case of Trump and the massive dissemination of absolutely false deadly information the future of human life on the planet as it now enjoyed is in serious jeopardy.
We must demand that the mass media companies, such as Facebook, be forced to stop their irresponsible greed that is responsible of thousands of deaths and that irresponsible politicians be held accountable for this tragedy that could have been mitigated.