Australia, UK, Canada, USA and New Zealand formed an intelligence alliance called the Five Eyes
Check out this youtube video regarding censorship in youtube — it is insidious and depending on which country your VPN is from. It shows the reach of Five Eyes in the so-called democratic countries.
This is some form of brainwashing or withholding truths you would accuse China or Russia ( or any so-called authoritarian state) will do.
You could check out what contents were censored in regards to the Hong Kong protests, here and here from a Canadian vlogger.
tell it like it is 