Gossip is the cure to censorship
Even in November 2020, the road to censorship was well under way
My third Covid-season Science Moment was on the rising threat to free expression, apparent even in November 2020, although it got radically accelerated once Biden came into office.
Awesome. Biblically this is well supported. A few my more advanced professors at Princeton (PTS) have done some work on gossip in the Bible and it's very interesting.