I remember working with an old dude 10 years ago who pointed at the CPU in a computer and said “the government can turn that off whenever they want”. He died of COVID so take his quote with what value you want.

Coming from a multigenerational family of LE and Military I can tell you first hand that NDs are never common. Not even slightly.

Users on those centralized platforms got exactly what they deserved. The writing on the wall was yelled at them for years and still ignored.