The Myth of the “Censorship Industrial Complex”

And the damage it has done

In the spring of 2025, I got a call from a reporter at the MIT Technology Review. Eileen Guo was writing a story about Darren Beattie, the founder of a far-right, conspiracist website and at the time one of Marco Rubio’s deputies at the State Department. He had requested all records relating to any communications between the Global Engagement Center, a …