Another overwrought headline. AI! GOOGLE! CENSORSHIP! WEB! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
It’s a tool - in development - for identifying toxic comments, which there IS a problem with (there are jerks all across the sociopolitical spectrum, and they’re good at wrecking otherwise interesting discussions of all kinds). Nobody is being forced to use it. Those sites that _choose_ to use it have the right to curate their content as they see fit. You don’t have to visit those sites, and are welcome to set up your own.
Google is one the left’s best weapons. There are options.