There is a strong belief in intellectual-property legal circles that the US Congress will always pass a new copyright law to extend the period on existing copyrights whenever the copyright on Mickey Mouse is due to expire.
It has worked so far.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act for a general discussion.
In the last few months, a political dispute between the Disney company and a certain political party has arisen.
See: https://www.newsweek.com/disney-mickey-mouse-copyright-republican-crosshairs-over-lgbtq-stance-1695142
According to the standard histories, Walt started with another employer, who retained the rights to cartoon characters produced by him.
When they parted ways, he made sure to own the rights to any new character he invented, leading to "Steamboat Willie" in 1928.
Wow just wow.
On one hand you have a megacorporation promoting LGBTQ equality, probably because it is good marketing rather than any genuine concern, yet at the same time slinging armies of lawyers into a mouse drawing that is nearly 100 years old. And on the other hand you have a political party promoting restriction of rights and manipulating the aforementioned megacorporation while blurting totally ironically about communist China.
Take a step back and look at yourselves
As for Internet censorship, I doubt it. I think you just suck at googling.
DeSantis' Parental Rights in Education Bill is about prohibiting the teaching of sexually explicit content to children between the ages of 5 to 9. It is not an attack on LGBT. The mainstream media are lying. The law equally applies to heterosexuality. I don't get the outrage. I support LGBT rights, but I also think children between the ages of 5 and 9 are too young for sex education.
The earliest children should be taught sex education is adolescence, so around the age of 12, no earlier. It should consist of biological facts (puberty, pregnancy, STDs), health, contraception, online safety, the law and acceptance and tolerance of LGBT. The political rubbish about gender/queer theory, intersectionality and feminism shouldn't be taught to children as fact, ever. This isn't about censorship, but keeping school apolitical.
Yes, it's true Disney don't care about LGBT. They censor it in material they release in countries with poor LGBT rights. It's pure marketing.
Disney should have lost the copyright to Micky Mouse many years ago. Copyrights should last for no more than 25 years. If you can't think of anything new, then you don't deserve continuing royalties.