The White House tells Facebook and Twitter which content to censor
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that the Biden administration is working with Facebook to report "problematic" posts that "spread disinformation" about COVID-19. He explained that the administration has created "aggressive" police systems to identify "misinformation" to "report" for social media companies.
In this way we have the perfection of absolutism: a public authority uses a private company, therefore without democratic control, to apply censorship. Even Louis XIV did not have a similar power, as he was in any case bound by customary law. Biden goes above and beyond all of these limits.There have been repeated examples of censoring stories that were embarrassing or problematic for the Biden administration. Even when Twitter expressed regret over the censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the election, there was an immediate push back for more censorship by Democrats.
The concern is that these companies are taking to heart the calls from Democratic members for more censorship on the platform. CEO Jack Dorsey previously apologized for censoring Hunter Biden's story ahead of the election. But after this, the government went further in the pressure on Twitter, also pushing for the repression of communications on "climate denial." By now, censorship on social media seems to have no limits.
Seriously, who the fuck is the White House to be dictating who should and should not be banned from social media platforms, to keep lists of who they think are the spreaders of "misinformation," and then pressure companies they regulate to obey? This is pernicious shit: https://t.co/WlZlbCjlqT
– Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 16, 2021
"Robust content modification" seems like the new Orwellian battle cry in our society. You cannot say what is not accepted by the government, or your content is "Correct".
DOOCY: "Facebook used to block people from posting that covid may have originated from a lab… Is there any concern things you are trying to block may some day turn out to be accurate?" @PressSec : "We don't take anything down. We don't block anything." pic.twitter.com/EmGqS44F2G
– Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 16, 2021
The same problems have arisen over the Covid stories. For a year now, Big Tech has been censoring those who wanted to discuss the origins of the pandemic. It wasn't until Biden admitted that the virus may have originated in the Wuhan lab that social media suddenly changed stance. Facebook only recently announced that people on its platform will be able to discuss the origins of Covid-19 after censoring that discussion.
Here's a mashup of VACCINE MISINFORMATION from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Does Jen Psaki want Big Tech to CENSOR this? pic.twitter.com/vqnucmZjnj
– Kyle Martinsen (@KyleMartinsen_) July 16, 2021
Trump understood very well the problem that arose from this direct link between the Democratic party and Social media and intervened in the only way that seemed feasible to him at this moment: that is, through the legal route. However, this path is very complex, it needs to bring objective proofs of agreements which, almost always, are not formalized. Perhaps the best way is that of new legislation, which also starts at the state and not the federal level, and which prevents or punishes the censorship of social media.
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