They received requests, many of which were denied. Not part of the government.
"But [the Trump ban] was right for the business, because if we didn’t act on it, we probably would have lost all our advertisers, which would affect the business and stock price. But it was wrong for the world and the internet, given the fact that we could do it in the first place. No one should be able to do that."
https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mik...
> They even deplatformed a sitting president
That sounds like literally the opposite of following government narratives?
Curious!