Posted on 07/15/2021 12:53:40 PM PDT by deplorableindc
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday the Biden administration is identifying “problematic” posts for Facebook to censor because they contain “misinformation” about COVID-19.
Psaki disclosed the government role in policing social media during her daily press briefing after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on companies to purge more pandemic posts.
The demand for censorship — and Psaki’s admission of government involvement — follows a series of flip-flops from health officials who contradicted themselves throughout the pandemic on issues such as mask efficacy, as well as censorship of claims that later gained credibility, such as the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab.
“We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and also members of our COVID-19 team — given as Dr. Murthy conveyed, this is a big issue, of misinformation, specifically on the pandemic,” Psaki said.
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Hey troll-boi. Good to hear from you.
From a poster “Hephaestion” on Instapundit:
See Norwood v. Harrison (1973) in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Government “may not induce, encourage, or promote private persons to accomplish what it is constitutionally forbidden to accomplish.”
If Tech doesn’t do what dems want they will use the full force of the government against them... Kind of like what happens in all commie hellholes.
Mark Dice on youtube: Why is Nobody Talking About This?
Operation Mockingbird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-qyH1NkT0
The older I get the more I realize that "misinformation" is more than likely "information they hope you never find out about".— Rachel, Spirited Sparrow (@SpiritedSparr0w) July 1, 2021
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