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Conspirituality

Brief: Censorship Industrial Complex

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Science, Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Philosophy

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Marco Rubio’s office published an official press release last month titled “Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship Industrial Complex.” The memo discusses the decision to impose visa restrictions on five individuals due to their “organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.” One of those individuals is Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate and repeat Conspirituality podcast guest. Derek and Julian break down what's going on with this case. Show Notes Rubio Announcement CBC: Individuals Named and EU Reactions Imran Ahmed on PBS NewsNight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Inspired no doubt by Christmas Cheer, Secretary of State Marco Rubio's office published an official press release on December 23rd titled

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Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship Industrial Complex.

1:16.7

It discussed the decision to impose visa restrictions on five individuals due to their

1:21.5

organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.

1:30.5

Oddly, the five individuals were not named on the government website, that would, ironically,

1:36.4

be saved for Twitter. But what was clear is that they would be deported as foreign agents who had

1:42.8

violated President Trump's America First-style

1:45.9

sovereignty. Later that day, Sarah Rogers, who was the Undersecretary of State,

1:52.5

posted a thread to X that included the names of those to be marked with the scarlet letter

1:57.3

and booted out of the country. Chief among them was the founding CEO of the

2:02.3

Center for Countering Digital Hate, whose most recent research projects focused on keeping

2:07.5

kids safe online and examining the potential dangers to children of AI chatbots. Now, loyal listeners

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