How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy
View original at technologyreview.comMIT Technology Review - Ai Research Title: How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy Date: 2026-08-07 14:00 Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1141105/how-ideas-of-a-vast-censorship-network-moved-from-the-online-fringe-to-trump-policy/ <p><em>This article was p…
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All things related to the internet connected to US foreign policy were under Benz's purview at the State Department
60% confidenceAlex Jones's deplatforming termed the Pearl Harbor event of free speech
60% confidenceCOVID-era platform moderation was a pivotal development in the radicalization of conservatives, driven by a sense that only conservatives were being censored
60% confidenceNina Jankowicz called Biden's new minister of truth
60% confidenceThe censorship-industrial complex framing is catchy due to its military-industrial complex analogy
60% confidenceR/FIMI closure marks the ending of government-sponsored censorship
60% confidenceThe best propaganda campaigns rarely use complete lies; they typically exaggerate or amplify something that actually happened
60% confidence2020 Twitter behavior was slanted against conservative content in the US, but similar techniques applied to both left and right globally
60% confidenceClaimed censorship is almost exclusively a Jewish phenomenon and warned of white genocide
60% confidencePraised Frame Game as a rising star
60% confidenceCredited Mike Benz with expanding Shellenberger and Taibbi's understanding of censorship beyond piecemeal observations
60% confidenceThere are no conspiracy theories about federally encouraged censorship; it happened
60% confidenceThe censorship-industrial complex narrative's implications for politics are scary because it makes conversation and debate virtually impossible
60% confidenceMike Benz revealed how democracy was redefined to silence people, referencing USAID
60% confidenceCat Park allegedly subliminally conditions players to associate 'government corruption' posts as 'fake news'
60% confidenceNina Jankowicz described as a registered agent for the British crown
60% confidenceReceiving the congressional subpoena was overwhelming and financially crippling, which was the point
60% confidenceGovernment engaged in open collusion with social-media companies to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content
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