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>For me personally, I only want to see politics that are directly tech-adjacent here.

Since when is government censorship of social media posts[1] not "directly tech-adjacent"?

I adore the mental gymnastics here.

[1] The post with Mark Kelly being discussed: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRMxZAnlUF9/

The fact that it was a social media post is not an interesting part of the story - he could have just as easily said the same thing on TV to the same result. They aren't trying to censor social media as a result.

The article did not make it clear that this was related to social media at all. It just said he “released a video” over and over again. I guess it is related, but it’s a terrible article for not including that fact or linking to the original post.

Thanks for adding context. No thanks for the “mental gymnastics” snark.

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