While this doesn't come as a total shocker, I don't *believe* there's anything illegal here, but I'm not a layer Twitter receiving money from the gov while practicing censorship on its behalf would be outright illegal And yes, they certainly receive financial backing one way or the other from the regime, but there's no direct connection as far as I know https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-reason-the-us-government-is-investing-huge-money-in-social-media >The reason the U.S. government is investing huge money in social media June 25, 2014 06:00 AM The federal government is looking to pay someone as much as $111,000 a year to do outreach and social media work... In Uganda.