>>2867109

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If the gov't censors protected speech it's a violation of the 1st A.

If the gov't pays a third party (Google, FB, Twitter) they're censoring by proxy, which should also be a 1st A violation.

Splitting these companies under monopoly rule probably won't work because people will move to the most popular, ie Myspace>FB.

The gov't has control of these three entities in multiple ways, which include:

1) Initial investment through IN-Q-TEL, etc.:

2) Payment by the gov't of $160M to combat fake news through HR5181:

3) State pensions investing in these funds and having input as activist investors:

4) Being directed by CIA employee: and

5) Other subsidies and contracts from the government I've overlooked.

>>2869122

>>2869041

$2.3T is chump change It's a lot more now.

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/msu-scholars-find-21-trillion-in-unauthorized-government-spending-defense-department-to-conduct/

I do have faith in Mattis though. DoD is currently undergoing a $1B audit and I saw him interviewed about this.