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> it was a nongovernmental agency

Several "non-governmental" agencies (like the Election Integrity Partnership or the Stanford Internet Observatory[0]) were involved in making recommendations to censor. I say "non-governmental" in quotes because entities like SIO receive a lot of federal funding, and key players shuttle back and forth between private and government functions.

> Biden wasn't in office for the laptop stuff but Trump was

I'm not sure what "laptop stuff" you're referring to, but whether Biden, Trump, or whoever else was in office has no bearing on the illegality of the executive actions in question.

[0]: https://stanfordreview.org/stanfords-dark-hand-in-twitter-ce...



Didn't EIP not apply for/receive federal grants in that timeframe (why put non-governmental in quotes wrt to them?




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