>This would seem to imply that the established internet, what we had before this relenting, was somehow left wing.
I would omit the left-wing characterization as a debatable generalization. Perhaps it would be better described as the specificplatforms being opposition partisans, rather than the Internet itself.
I would omit the left-wing characterization as a debatable generalization. Perhaps it would be better described as the specific platforms being opposition partisans, rather than the Internet itself.