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by ceejayoz 1267 days ago
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.

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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.