> The FBI passed along reports they received of possible violations of Twitter TOS (something we already knew they did),
I.e. censorship. Why the heck does the FBI get involved in the TOS enforcement of some website on the Internet? (if not for controlling the discourse, that is).
It's only censorship if Twitter was being coerced into taking action on the accounts. Conveniently, Taibbi included evidence showing that Twitter made its own independent moderation decisions -- some accounts reported had already been suspended, and others were not acted on after a review.
I.e. censorship. Why the heck does the FBI get involved in the TOS enforcement of some website on the Internet? (if not for controlling the discourse, that is).