“The censorship industrial complex combines established methods of psychological manipulation some developed by the US military during the global war on terror, with highly sophisticated tools from computer science, including artificial intelligence. The complex’s leaders are driven by their fear that the internet and social media platforms empower populist, alternative, fringe personalities and views which they regard destabilizing,” stated Journalist Michael Shellenberger in his opening statement before a Congressional Committee investigating the Twitter Files.
Censorship Industrial Complex Exposed in Congressional Hearing
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