“It is not illegal for a network to “censor” information.”
Maybe not technically illegal; AFAIL there are no laws about it. But Freedom Of The Press exists so the press can INFORM the citizenry, not manipulate.
“It’s not even really censorship—which is usually attributed to a government.”
“Usually”. But there are even more powerful NGOs which censor to a more destructive end than government. Facebook. Twitter. (Even FR censors.)
Even Mom and Dad…and my point remains: It is up to each of us to check and double check our sources and what we choose to believe.