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by stopping 454 days ago
I honestly don't see what the issue is. "Pressuring" in this case just means "asking". Nobody was punished for not fulfilling these requests.

And funding research grants into studying misinformation doesn't really bother me either. Maybe there are better ways to spend the money but you could argue that about almost anything.

Also, none of what you linked points to the Biden administration paying tech companies to remove content.