It sounds like you're conflating market incentives with government misconduct. Governments "can do this" because we're letting them get away with it. Plain and

It sounds like you're conflating market incentives with government misconduct. Governments "can do this" because we're letting them get away with it. Plain and simple. The money is mostly irrelevant in the matter. The fact that Twitter has an incentive to follow the law and preserve its own existence is beside the point.