As this site has previously noted, the United States does not have an exemplary history with respect to free speech. In this regard, History, Rinse, & Repeat has also noted the unfolding scandal revealed by the so-called “Twitter Files,” internal Twitter communications that have, at the behest of Elon Musk, been disclosed by a group of independent journalists through a series of tweets and articles. While it is hardly surprising that Twitter determined, whether through outright suspensions or through the practice of shadow banning, to suppress conservative leaning writers and others critical of the Biden administration, including its handling of the Covid crisis, what has been surprising is the breadth and the depth of government involvement in the censorship at issue.
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