This isn't exactly political polarization, it's cronyism justified by whataboutism, fueled by political polarization. Journalism has died and in its place, polarized, self-rightous propaganda has grown like mold on its corpse.

Video looters flash-mob robbing you blind... Twitter bans you. The city leadership appears to be doing a better job at keeping crime at bay.
Record a politician not following their own laws/rules... Twitter bans you for posting it.

Is anyone under the mistaken impression that Twitter is doing this for us and not for their sponsored politicians?

Sony could pay folks 1/4 the price to be toxic... folks pay-to-boot them, Sony collects 75% of the fee and shares it w/ the toxic players. What a perverse incentive.

At least they don't need rocket engines for that. Although, they may need lawsuits.

Weird Flex, but okay

Show me a socialist society that doesn't follow that pattern.

What's the problem, if they have nothing to hide?
It's just metadata.
If it stops just one act of terrorism(or corruption), isn't it worth it?

...and various other justifications used to support the warrantless collection of data from innocent citizens.
Modern white-collar jobs are performed in the browser as much (or more) as they are in email.

Best I can do is a middle finger.

Unexpected Futurama

Just like any other corrupt politician (D) or (R), this is obvious "presenting" to lobbyists, showing that you're ready for campaign donations. It does two things.

1> It has the superficial appearance of solving a problem that the public wants solved.
2> Depending on the campaign contributions, the specifics will be added after donations are made. Any teeth to the bill can be removed with money to the appropriate campaign fund or amateur crack-head painter.

Hubris eventually finds a force to balance itself. It's a sort of evolutionary bitch-slap when we get "too big for our britches."

It was never to protect anyone. It was always about managing optics. The right does it too. The left is usually better at it. This time, the left has egg on their face. Every policy has 3 sides: What they want you to think it does, what they really want it to do, what it really does.

Maybe big tech shouldn't claim to be the arbiter of truth and justice.

So: Gain of function research in bat coronavirus, eh?

The average person has one ovary and one testicle.