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by beej71 1274 days ago
This doesn't mean the government can't make requests to private companies, including the press.
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Government “requests” are usually treated as directives, since it’s well understood that they have many seemingly unrelated ways to make life difficult for a company and its officers.
That’s not even true for Twitter.

https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/removal-requests...:

> Overall, Twitter withheld or otherwise removed some or all of the reported content in response to 51% of global legal demands, down 5% from the previous reporting period.

Your category is "global" "legal" requests i.e. take-down requests. The FBI has special access and its requests aren't included in that report.
The FBI was issuing these sorts of requests. I’d welcome specific evidence to the contrary.
Good idea, it's high time this practice gets banned