Big Tech’s ability to control the flow of information and limit who has access to it has always been troubling, but it became a legitimate cause for alarm last week when the White House casually admitted Biden administration officials are helping social media platforms decide who stays and who goes.

“We’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last Thursday, specifically referring to coronavirus “misinformation.” She then said social media companies should work together to ban users deemed problematic from all platforms.