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The problem is it never just stops at terrorists.

See also: The US spying on every citizen, and international communication, in the name of maybe they'll find a terrorist in there somewhere.

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Yes of course the Patriot Act ushered in all kinds of mischief and scope creep. But the case here, in my opinion, is a legitimate one. We know videos such as this fuel further extremism on both sides of the divide. The fact that a Govt even needs to request X take down a video of a violent terrorist act speaks volumes about Musk, the same man that banned an account that tracked his private jet using publicly available data... So 'freedom of speech' when it suits?

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