Post #3605 by bighairymike on the US Policy board

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For example, they want to prevent their sites being used for the exchange of forbidden child sexual material - so the law enforcement agencies that investigate the trafficking of such material will alert them to groups of individuals that are using the site to facilitate such exchanges so that Facebook and Twitter can block them. That helps the government achieve its goals, of course; but ostensibly, Facebook and Twitter independently want to throw those folks off their site as well. = albaby

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There is a distinction to be made between government intervention to prevent the trafficking of an already illegal physical substance (in this example kiddie porn) and government intervention to prevent the trafficking of contrary opinions (for example government claims about the effectiveness of masks).

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