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Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor More, Threatening the First Amendment
Greenwald Substack ^ | Feb 20, 2021 | Glenn Greenwald

Posted on 02/20/2021 9:40:07 AM PST by NittanyLion

For the third time in less than five months, the U.S. Congress has summoned the CEOs of social media companies to appear before them, with the explicit intent to pressure and coerce them to censor more content from their platforms. On March 25, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will interrogate Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, Facebooks’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai at a hearing which the Committee announced will focus “on misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.”

(Excerpt) Read more at greenwald.substack.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigtech; censorship; facebook; google; greenwald; internet; technotyranny; twitter; youtube
Greenwald is on fire lately. Another very good column on liberal / Democrat censorship via tech platforms.
1 posted on 02/20/2021 9:40:07 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

This can only benefit Gab and Parler


2 posted on 02/20/2021 9:46:25 AM PST by circlecity
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To: NittanyLion

History that led to a world war is repeating itself yet again


3 posted on 02/20/2021 9:47:03 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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To: circlecity

“This can only benefit Gab and Parler”

Agree, with the caveat that I’m sure the authoritarian left will continue to search for new leverage they can apply to control those sites. It won’t be as easy given they’ve hardened their infrastructure, but I’m sure vulnerability remains.


4 posted on 02/20/2021 9:57:52 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion

“on misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.”

NPR is generally unlistenable. Even the BBC content is getting irritating.

I gave up on ABC Evening News but even NBC Evening News can be unbearable.

And then there is the paywall problem.


5 posted on 02/20/2021 10:00:37 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: circlecity

Yeah, if they actually work.


6 posted on 02/20/2021 10:52:15 AM PST by madison10 (My heart hurts. Rest in peace, Rush.)
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To: NittanyLion; Chode
Meanwhile, the NYT advises NOT to think for yourself.

"Critical thinking, as we’re taught to do it, isn’t helping in the fight against misinformation."

Ignore Russiagate, hoaxes about the Covington kids, and the fire extinguisher hoax....

7 posted on 02/20/2021 10:53:41 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: NittanyLion; All

“...that I’m sure the authoritarian left will continue to search for new leverage they can apply to control those sites.”

“It won’t be as easy given they’ve hardened their infrastructure, but I’m sure vulnerability remains.”

The FCC and a dozen other FedGov agencies, or our out-of+control and unlawful Congress can, and eventually will, (if we don’t immediately end, and decisively and prejudicially take back true election control) — END ALL non-socialist/non-compliant speech.

Tyranny isn’t at our doorstep, it’s over us now.

The question is how to end it.


8 posted on 02/20/2021 11:20:10 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: patriotfury

We will end it by whining on the internet.
Didn’t you know?
S/


9 posted on 02/20/2021 11:23:19 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: NittanyLion

ping


10 posted on 02/20/2021 12:18:22 PM PST by Wuli
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To: circlecity

Parler is a ghetto. An echo chamber. Actually not relevant, in the theater of expression.


11 posted on 02/20/2021 2:14:57 PM PST by Churchjack (Free your mind, your ass will follow.)
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To: Churchjack

I don’t mind Parler. Right now I’m seeing the same stuff on it I see on Gab. You seem to run across a lot more anti-semitism on Gab.


12 posted on 02/20/2021 2:45:14 PM PST by circlecity
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

we’re from the and we’ll tell ya what to think and believe


13 posted on 02/20/2021 4:51:21 PM PST by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: NittanyLion

READ LATER


14 posted on 02/21/2021 4:12:07 AM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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