It’s not insanity.
It’s evil.
And the US isn’t the only country now controlled by its Deep State.
No, but our Deep State calls the shots. If the U.S. opposed Australia's "hate speech" laws, the Aussies would back down.
This is also an example of the U.S. govt outsourcing censorship. The First Amendment prohibits the U.S. govt from censoring, so it has private companies and foreign govts do it for them.