Twitter discloses another possible government censorship effort | The Hill

In the 17th release of the Twitter Files, journalist Matt Taibbi disclosed that the U.S. government is funding a group that has supported the censorship of dissenting viewpoints on social media, including those of U.S. citizens.

That may sound familiar. Just a few weeks ago, I wrote here that the congressionally created, federally funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED) had supported the British-based Global Disinformation Index (GDI). The index was widely ridiculed for targeting ten conservative and libertarian sites as the most dangerous sources of disinformation; it sought to persuade advertisers to withdraw support for those sites, while listing their most liberal counterparts as among the most trustworthy.

At the time, I noted that the Biden administration had played us for chumps. As we celebrated the demise of the infamous Disinformation Governing Board with its Disinformation Nanny,  the Biden administration never disclosed a larger censorship program.

Shortly after my column posted in The Hill, the NED 

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When I read something I don’t like, I experience disgruntlement, sometimes to the point of writing something in return. It never occurs to me to ponder — how could I shut this person up? Silence him? Make it so no one could listen to him? Maybe that makes me a classical liberal or something. But it’s only human, respectful of others. It’s an insult to me to shut any speakers down. I can do that myself if I want to.