Microsoft aims to smoothly transition from one presidential administration to the next. The company recently secured a major win in DC, receiving the official blessing of the President in a $500 billion AI investment partnership between SoftBank, Oracle, and Microsoft’s OpenAI. But as official policy turns against online censorship, the tech giant may have to confront its track record of deep involvement in the suppression of Americans’ online speech.

Newly uncovered evidence now shows that Microsoft served as the tip of the spear in the private sector in censorship-industrial complex – the coordinated effort between corporations, government agencies, NGOs and academics to restrict American speech.

Microsoft not only participated but actively funded and partnered with several key initiatives aimed at controlling online content, including the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP), and the DHS-born Election Integrity Partnership to which it belongs.

Records now show that many of the same government officials who spearheaded the most pernicious censorship initiatives between 2016 and 2020 later transitioned to top roles at Microsoft, where they continue to advance these efforts today under the company’s umbrella.

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