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Did the US government remove those posts or ordered those articles to be written in a specific way? Not quite sure what you’re asserting.

Not to mention that Jan 6th and the current situation in Russia have approximately 0 things in common.

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I think he means the aftermath of the 6th and what happened to Parler and that Trump was blocked by Twitter etc. But I also think this doesn’t relate at all since Twitter, Google, Apple and Amazon acted on their own.

I believe Youtube was asked by a few US Senators to take down(censor) election fraud related videos. They did not act from policy.

Thank you, wasn’t aware of this before. But still, a strongly worded letter from the legislative is a far cry from immediate enforcement by the executive.

Right. However, the FBI actually has a very close relationship with all of the tech mega-cap companies. America scolds China for having their companies majority owned by the Chinese government but the effect of the pressure of the FBI is essentially the same. They get access to all information they want and if they don't they call and put pressure. These companies are often essentially forced to comply with FBI orders or requests to halt communication. If it was one company it wouldn't be a big deal but there is huge cooperation between all the mega-cap companies and whether the FBI actually orders it or not, them working together results in mass censorship on a scale that covers 99% of internet traffic.

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