The Censorship-Industrial Complex: How Top Biden White House Officials Coerced Big Tech to Censor Americans, True Information, and Critics of the Biden Administration
May 3rd, 2024I doubt any of this will come as a surprise to you, but there’s 881 pages of it at the link if you’re interested.
Via: U.S. House of Representatives:
This interim report details the monthslong campaign by the Biden White House to coerce large companies, namely Meta (parent company of Facebook), Alphabet (parent company of YouTube), and Amazon, to censor books, videos, posts, and other content online. By the end of 2021, Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon changed their content moderation policies in ways that were directly responsive to criticism from the Biden Administration.
While the Biden White House’s pressure campaign largely succeeded, its effects were devastating. By suppressing free speech and intentionally distorting public debate in the modern town square, ideas and policies were no longer fairly tested and debated on their merits. Instead, policymakers implemented a series of public health measures that proved to be disastrous for the country. From unnecessary extended school closures to unconstitutional vaccine mandates that forced workers to take a newly developed vaccine or risk losing their jobs, the Biden Administration and other officials needlessly imposed harm and suffering on Americans across the country.
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Big Tech Changed Their Content Moderation Policies Because of Biden White House Pressure.
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The Biden White House’s Censorship Campaign Targeted True Information, Satire, and Other Content that Did Not Violate the Platforms’ Policies.
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The Biden White House’s Censorship Campaign had a Chilling Effect on Other Speech.
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The White House had Leverage Because the Companies had Other Policy Concerns Involving the Biden Administration.
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The Biden White House Pushed Censorship of Books, Not Just Social Media.
