A truly unsavvy interpretation on my part...
The winged kid is a virus.
M stands for monitoring.
Muting is the analogous meaning of "quarantine."
How did I get here?
When a program can decide that it does not want to be muted and can over-ride my command, I begin to worry.
Perhaps, alternatively, there is a free-speech/anti-establishment message present here?
In any case, interesting.