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Yes, I think that's correct.

There was an absolute willingness to allow views in support of a fear narrative win through. (No matter their grounding.) The probing/questioning threads were quickly closed down.

Some of it was done by the social media companies acting at the direction of the state. But much of it was actioned by military information security units acting against the general population.




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