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Who said it was censorship free? They're very pro censorship, in fact most people are, actually.
It's a common trope amongst the big tankies "[Instance (usually .world or .ee)] is full of censorship and Reddit-like mods unlike us where you can be free!"
Yeah they complain when they're censored, but love when they're the ones censoring. Just try and say "free speech is good" literally anywhere on lemmy, you'll be called a nazi. Same goes for most sites for most political leanings, even many that do claim they like free speech, post something anathema to their hivemind and you very well may be banned.
Very few actually want free speech, because it includes speech they think is bad and almost universally they think that should be shunned to make them more comfortable, that goes for tankies and nazis and everyone in between.
I've still never seen anyone claim them to be free speech advocates, especially not anyone that runs those instances. I have seen the users complain about being censored elsewhere though, to be fair, you're definitely right about that.
What is censored on these instances? I haven’t seen much except against far right ideas. Not sure what they’re complaining about.