Is this censorship? Why was a post flagged? Is it a post shadow ban?

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5 years ago

Why was the following post flagged and even so much disabled that we can't comment on it anymore and the title was blanked:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25701651

( Original link: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/01/09/the-woke-purge/ )

Is this censorship?

As far as I can see, the article is not supporting Trump or its behavior, is not calling for violence or anything that would be reprehensible. I did not know the website but it does not look to be an extremist website also.

So, as far as I can see, this was just an opinion on the corporate censorship of free speech, and it looks like that the flagged/censorship of it here is kind of a proof of the point of the author...

So, please, I would really like to understand if there was something particular I did not see that would legitimately justify the ban of the post.

Thank you!

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