By: Buz Deliere Author of Wake The F@ck Up
I said something that should’ve been common sense. A 15-second video. No swearing. No violence. I simply said: “School doesn’t teach you how to think—it teaches you how to obey.”
The video took off. Thousands of views in minutes. Then came the warning. Then came the restriction. And just like that, it was buried. No more visibility, no more momentum. Just another digital slap on the wrist for saying what most people feel but don’t say.
My first account was banned at 5,000 followers. Now I’m trying to build momentum again—but this time on an account that’s constantly being restricted. The worst part? I’m getting flagged for “gore” or “violence”… when my content doesn’t contain anything even close to that.
Welcome to the modern information war.
You used to get canceled by people. Now you get canceled by code. A faceless AI system decides if your words are “dangerous,” “misleading,” or “problematic.” And often, that judgment comes down to whether or not your opinion fits into a pre-approved narrative.
Forget freedom of speech. This is freedom of speech—if it passes the vibe check of Silicon Valley. And here’s the real kicker: when the algorithm makes a mistake and undoes the restriction, the damage is already done. The momentum is lost. The conversation gets silenced. You can’t rewind a viral moment.
We live in a time where controversy gets clicks, but truth gets ghosted. The news doesn’t report what’s real—they report what trends. And when truth gets in the way of ad revenue, they’ll bury it faster than a bad Yelp review. This isn’t accidental. It’s strategic. Because if enough people start questioning what they’re told… the system breaks.
That’s why the loudest voices right now aren’t the smartest or the most authentic—they’re the most algorithm-friendly.
But it’s not just about my videos. It’s about what happens when we let these platforms shape the conversation. When truth becomes taboo, what else gets lost? Honest discussion? Humor? Dissent? When creators get silenced, the audience gets sanitized. That’s how narratives become dogma—and how the digital public square turns into a filtered illusion of free speech.
If what I’m saying is so wrong, why not debate it? Why not engage instead of suppress? The truth is, censorship isn’t about safety—it’s about control. And deep down, we all know it. That’s why even those who cheer for cancel culture eventually fall silent. Because the axe swings wide, and it never stops where you think it will.
So I wrote a book they’ll probably try to bury too. It’s called Wake The F@ck Up. It’s not soft. It’s not polite. And it definitely doesn’t ask for permission to tell the truth. I didn’t write it to be liked. I wrote it for people who already feel like something’s wrong with this world—and need the words to say it out loud.
👉 Read why I wrote Wake The F@ck Up for the full backstory.
And if this article disappears tomorrow… well, I think that proves my point.
The scariest part about censorship isn’t that it happens. It’s that so many people cheer for it—because they think it’ll never happen to them.
Until it does.
