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How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy

MIT Tech ReviewAugust 7, 2026 at 2:00 PMPaywall

This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, with support from the Wayne Barrett Project. One morning in April 2025, employees of a small office in the US State Department got the email many of them had been dreading.

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