I mean, I don't really view it as censorship either since they own the server. But an explanation would be appreciated. It doesn't look like DPR even knew about it. And obviously a lot of people were wondering what was going on, so maybe it is better if they just state their position publicly rather than play whack a mole with threads. I don't think we really have anything to be paranoid about. I mean, it isn't like the entire internet isn't talking about the NSA scandal, so it isn't like they would have any reason to try and censor it being discussed here. That is the part that has me confused, I really can't think of any reason why the threads would be deleted. We have even had threads on phone encryption in the past (albeit not anonymity), so it seems really strange that a new thread on phone encryption and anonymity would be deleted.