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Originally Posted by Mick
You’re missing the point. No government agency can request removal of protected speech, regardless of any recompense, it’s still unconstitutional, 1st Amendment is explicit, no government can hinder lawful speech, nor can it create any law that does same. There is no way around it.
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I think the point is clear that the FBI isn’t allowed to ask for the removal of protected speech.
Damien’s observations is that it is unclear whether the FBI has actually done this. If the FBI has requested information from Twitter, then it would pay for Twitter’s time in collating that information. In other words there are perfectly reasonable and legal ways that payments from the FBI can turn up on Twitter’s books. The news report we’re all discussing here is a little vague on the precise details of what the FBI has actually been paying for, and as per usual for American politics 2020s style, everyone dives into their usual bunker and assumes things are as they always do.