# Censorship & Foreign Control over Social Media w. Chris Michaels (BEST OF February 4, 2026) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings-4835494/censorship-foreign-control-over-social-media-w-chris-michaels-best-of-february-4-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings-4835494/censorship-foreign-control-over-social-media-w-chris-michaels-best-of-february-4-2026.md Podcast: [The Secret Teachings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings-4835494) Published: 2026-06-07T17:12:21+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/censorship-foreign-control-over-social-media-w-chris-michaels-best-of-february-4-2026--72404003 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72404003/f9d4d5a4.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-secret-teachings-4835494/episodes/censorship-foreign-control-over-social-media-w-chris-michaels-best-of-february-4-2026 Duration seconds: 7381 ## Resource BEST OF: CHEQ is one of the newest, but not the only ways, social media companies curate content on their platform for advertisers and foreign governments. Chris Michales of the Chris Michaels Show joins us for a background on what companies like CHEQ can do and what they are motivated by. Beyond content moderation, it appears that X is monitoring drafts of posts and changing the text in real-time. *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description. 🚀SUPPORT THE SHOW Ad-Free Experience (Yearly): https://thesecretteachings.info/donate-subscribe/ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryangable CashApp: https://cash.app/$rdgable Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MJPYR9YEZFZW2 Books by Ryan: https://thesecretteachings.info/books/ 🌐 CONNECT & ARCHIVES Official Website: https://thesecretteachings.info Free Archive: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tst-radio--5328407 Socials: X: https://x.com/TST___Radio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tst.radio/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.blank.7 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TSTRadioOfficial/streams 📩 CONTACT rdgable@yahoo.com Inquires to be a guest (rdgable1991@gmail.com) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support . Thank you for supporting independent, unbiased inquiry into the mysteries of our world. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-secret-teachings-4835494/episodes/censorship-foreign-control-over-social-media-w-chris-michaels-best-of-february-4-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings-4835494/censorship-foreign-control-over-social-media-w-chris-michaels-best-of-february-4-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.