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  Lied about outbreak 3 years ago, still lie about the outbreak now. Good luck world with the 3rd coronavirus pandemic in future.
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 >
  
  Sounds like a lot of subreddit 2years ago. >
  
  Instead of putting their citizens first, Chinese Communist Party continue to stifle any critics of party.
  By not forthcoming with accurate information on COVID, Chinese Communist Party is strangulating itself with needless death when their populations are starting to show sign of decline rather than increase due to their misguided one child policy that was the norm until fairly recently.
  Now for each fatality of young people that is also disaster for parents who were counting for their child to support them  in their twilight year. >
  
  Lied about outbreak 3 years ago, still lie about the outbreak now. Good luck world with the 3rd coronavirus pandemic in future. >
  
  Something to note is that the CCP has been extremely resistant to using any of the more effective COVID vaccines, in favor of their domestically produced vaccines (which use an older and less effective method).
  And these weakly vaccinated populations are going to be a petri dish for new variants. >
  
  They tried to develop their own mRNA vaccine but the technology is not as advanced as Biontech or Pfizer etc. Yet to have final approval and mass production, and yet they just let the whole country to all get covid at the same month after 3 years of no exposure! Then tell you 20 deaths since December lol >
  
  And it looks like r/sino has arrived to down vote for their social credit. >
  
  So, since they technically own Reddit, does that mean I should expect my account to be deleted for saying they're a bunch of totalitarian assholes who can't govern their way out of a paper bag? Because I'm willing to take that risk. >
  
  Got banned in the main covid sub for saying China is acting like they're hiding something which probably means they are. 
  Wonder if I can message them with an editorial from the board at Washington Post saying something similar and get unbanned lol
  EDIT: My how trained you all are! This nation that with a straight face reports only 30 COVID deaths last month deserves anything other than suspicion? >
  
  Freedom and democracy the Chinese way…i believe thats what the ccp calls it >
  
  This is almost like Justin Trudeau trying to get Jordan Peterson's ability to practice psychology removed >
  
  Trudeau has nothing to do with the College of Psychologists of Ontario demanding he take a course on handling himself professionally in the public eye.  Peterson literally wrote Trudeau a letter saying as much. >
  
  Sounds like a Liberal party play. They must share notes. >
  
  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 >
  
  Sounds like a lot of subreddit 2years ago. >
  
  Instead of putting their citizens first, Chinese Communist Party continue to stifle any critics of party.
  By not forthcoming with accurate information on COVID, Chinese Communist Party is strangulating itself with needless death when their populations are starting to show sign of decline rather than increase due to their misguided one child policy that was the norm until fairly recently.
  Now for each fatality of young people that is also disaster for parents who were counting for their child to support them  in their twilight year.