The following is a definite infringement on our First Amendment rights and shows that Facebook is essentially acting a "deputies" of the federal government.
This information came out the other day during a press briefing by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. It will also bolster numerous lawsuits against Facebook and other social medial platforms by former President Trump and others.
This is government censorship that is being aided and abetted by Facebook. Or maybe we should call them Snitchbook instead?
Fox News reported:
Critics roundly condemned the White House after press secretary Jen Psaki revealed the Biden administration is working with Facebook to flag "problematic" posts that "spread disinformation" on COVID-19.
On Thursday, Psaki was asked a question regarding the Biden administration’s request for tech companies to be more "aggressive" when policing what they referred to as "misinformation." Psaki revealed that the White House is "in regular touch with social media platforms" to handle it.
"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 explained.
While referencing the team’s actions, Psaki also revealed that they are "flagging" posts on Facebook as part of their efforts.
"Within the Surgeon General's Office, we're flagging posts for Facebook that spread disinformation," Psaki said. "We're working with doctors and medical professionals to connect medical experts with people, who are popular with their audiences with accurate information and boost trusted content. So, we're helping get trusted content out there. We also created the COVID Community Corps to get factual information into the hands of local messengers."
Psaki's comments were met with fierce pushback online with some calling the actions as infringing on the First Amendment.
This is something one would expect from a communist totalitarian country, not the United States.
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