One of the cool things about the fediverse is that you are free to run your own instance with whatever rules you do or don't want, and tell the rest of us to fuck right off.

Some instances will defederate from you depending on what those rules are, like those specific relatives we all avoid if we can at holidays, and ignore the rest of the year. They are also free to do so.

IOW, folks might tell your instance (or Meta's) to fuck right off.

That's what freedom looks like. It's not supposed to be just your freedom, it's supposed to be everyone's freedom.

Edit: And by the way, I'm very surprised if a company scrubbing mentions of competitors from its platform isn't a solid anti-trust violation.