Facebook has already admitted to censoring the bombshell story this morning from the NY Post on Hunter Biden introducing an Ukrainian oil executive who advised Burisma’s board to his father when he was vice president. Here’s what they wrote:
While I will intentionally not link to the New York Post, I want be clear that this story is eligible to be fact checked by Facebook's third-party fact checking partners. In the meantime, we are reducing its distribution on our platform.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) October 14, 2020
This is part of our standard process to reduce the spread of misinformation. We temporarily reduce distribution pending fact-checker review. https://t.co/vf3CBvLmjj
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) October 14, 2020
“We are reducing its distribution on our platform.” This is blatant election interference by Andy Stone and Facebook, who admits they are doing this without the cover of fact checkers. I should note that Andy Stone, via his bio, is an activist Democrat.
Josh Hawley responded to Facebook demanding that they disclose their evidence that this is disinformation:
.@Facebook I want to know on what grounds you are actively censoring a news report about potentially illegal corruption by the Democrat candidate for president. If you have evidence this is “disinformation,” disclose it immediately. Expect a formal inquiry from my office
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 14, 2020
UPDATE: Hawley in fact sends Facebook a formal inquiry:
NEW LETTER: @HawleyMO demands answers from Facebook over censorship of #HunterBiden article in the New York Post pic.twitter.com/TRbUF0ix3U
— Kelli Ford (@KelliAFord) October 14, 2020
Trump spokesperson Hogan Gidley responded without appropriate outrage:
🚨🚨Wait…WHAT?!?🚨🚨
This Facebook employee is actually bragging about interfering in the election AND trying to rig the outcome for Joe Biden!
This MUST be stopped. https://t.co/bTKRkWOgwH
— J. Hogan Gidley (@JHoganGidley) October 14, 2020
Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign released a statement denying the meeting ever happened:
Biden campaign responds to the NY Post story. Critically they only say that such a meeting never took place and do not challenge the veracity of the emails or photos
Someone want to tell Facebook? pic.twitter.com/DpzCoSiOyw
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) October 14, 2020
They reviewed his ‘official schedule’ and that’s how they know the meeting didn’t take place. Yeah, right, like he’s going to put a meeting like this on his schedule. But even if he did, they probably ignored the ‘white out’ painted on top of it.