Censorship Of Natural Health Content: Depressing But Fascinating
In the past, we’ve discussed an ongoing challenge—social media platforms are increasingly censoring our posts, especially video clips of conversations between Shawn Buckley and Del Bigtree, host of The Highwire.
When the topic of censorship came up in conversation with our team, Shawn had an interesting response: “It’s depressing but fascinating.”
It’s depressing because censorship limits open discussion, making it harder to educate Canadians on the over-regulation of natural health products, and how it affects their freedom of choice in healthcare. It also makes it more difficult for natural health product manufacturers, retailers and practitioners to freely speak about the many benefits of natural health products, and provide quality care.
This is depressing, but also fascinating… Why is this happening? Who decides what information we are allowed to hear? Why is information about natural health products consistently under attack?
Censorship is strategically controlling what people see. Social media algorithms downplay or “shadow ban” certain topics, meaning fewer people see our content. This silencing of important discussions is a serious threat to freedom of speech and informed choice, especially when it comes to our health.
How You Can Help Us Beat Censorship
The easiest way to push back is by engaging with our content and bookmarking our website.
- Like, comment, and share our posts, to help them reach more people.
- Bookmark the “What’s New” page on our website and check in regularly!
Every action you take makes a difference. By staying engaged, you help ensure that Canadians continue to have access to truthful, uncensored information about natural health products and the regulations affecting them.
