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  Sounds like a lot of subreddit 2years ago.
context: This is what happens when you allow politicians to censor speech. >
  
  Exactly, which is why the US government having had a direct line with Twitter to censor whatever whatever they wanted was not cool. Don't worry though, Facebook and Google and still doing it. >
  
  Are you talking about a group that wasn't actually part of the US government flagging twitter posts that contained nude photos posted without the subject's consent?
  Or are you talking about something that isn't hunter biden? >
  
  No the FBI (among others) had a direct line to Twitter to flag "misinformation" tweets. >
  
  But Twitter did get paid to censor the posts. Regardless of how this author wants to frame the exchange, Twitter was working for the FBI and censoring everything they flagged.
  That is extremely dangerous. I don’t care to argue the reasons for their censorship. No government should EVER be able to censor its population, especially when debating topics that affect us all. Healthy discourse is the only way we will solve issues. They shut down that possibility. >
  
  “The law already says that if the FBI is legally requesting information for an investigation under a number of different legal authorities, the companies receiving those requests can be reimbursed for fulfilling them.”
  Sounds like it reimbursement and if it violates their policy they would take it down.
  So not censorship as it sounds, but more the FBI pointing out stuff that violates policy and paying for requesting information in regards to investigations that law enforcement does.
  This doesn’t sound like anything crazy or not expected. >
  
  They weren’t “requesting information” for active investigations. They were flagging information to be censored. Period. The FBI is a government entity and should have no involvement in censorship. If Twitter had policies these posts were violating, they should have been in complete control without any outside influence to make those discernments. 
  What if they start to censor pro abortion discussions, marijuana health benefits discussions or anything else that they (The FBI) deems “inappropriate”. They censored many things that were not misinformation as we are now discovering. Research is continuing to develop to prove the covid-19 narrative was not handled properly nor was it backed by “science”. The Hunter Biden laptop is, in my opinion, marginal. But why censor it if not to influence opinions? Why on earth would anyone think it would be ok for the FBI to step in and flag that topic for censorship? 
  The point I’m trying to make is this is a slippery slope that should not be tolerated. Regardless of anyone’s opinions on these topics, if they were not hate speech, threatening violence or harassment, why would it be welcomed to remove discussion. If we cannot discuss important topics, how will we as a human race ever solve anything? Our country is more divided than ever and one reason is the lack of healthy discussion. >
  
  Not from what the article points out.
  You can lie about it as much as you want, but from what the actual “Twitter files” show and the laws present, that isn’t what is happening. >
  
  Typical. Someone says something you do not Agree with and they are “lying”. It’s in black and white. The FBI wasn’t in an active investigation. They paid for the right to flag and censor. That’s it. Pay attention to the articles you read, their sources and who writes their checks. You can stick your head in the sand and justify the FBIs actions, but it doesn’t help anyone. >
  
  Social credits removed too no doubt…no more holidays for you my friends