Quite clearly it's been so that everyone had a voice and the powers that be unfortunately want to squelch that voice so that they, the moneyed powers, can control the information that trickles down into the minds of the masses. If you don't tow their line (narrative) and don't agree with them, then your voice has to go so that you don't negatively impact their work on getting people to believe and think what they want them to believe and think.
Only when you're free from censorship can you truly live in a free world. This is why I found the dark net of Freenet Project so enticing when I learned of it so many years ago.