Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her Facebook account has been restricted from posting content for a few days. .“Big tech and government censorship is becoming a danger to free speech around the world,” said Smith in a Wednesday tweet. .“As the premier of a province of 4.6 million Albertans — if they can prevent me from communicating with you, imagine what they can do to any one of us.”.Regardless of political leanings, Smith said people “must all stand against censorship.”.She asked former Twitter executive Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for help. .Office of the Premier of Alberta Executive Director Rob Anderson said Facebook “has decided to censor the premier for who knows what.”.“Big tech censorship is spinning out of control,” said Anderson. .Prominent Canadian political commentator Aaron Gunn said he was stunned. ."Now they're going after the premier of Canada's fourth largest province," said Gunn..Smith said in December she is concerned with the Canadian government's plan to introduce regulations on online news media..READ MORE: Smith concerned with federal regulation on online media.“I've been talking with some of the members of the media, and in particular the alternative media, who are very concerned about some of the laws that are coming down at the federal level that they think might run them out of business,” she said. .“Because they're interfering with their ability to freely put messages out there.”
