White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki is defending her comments yesterday that the Biden administration is flagging posts for censorship at Facebook and other social media platforms, saying people shouldn’t be surprised they are doing it.
But then she also added something that sounds even more orwellian, saying that if you’re banned on one social media platform for disinformation, you should be banned from all of them:
PSAKI: If you're banned on one social media platform, you should be banned on other social media platforms. pic.twitter.com/81eOCiRc68
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 16, 2021
Stephen Miller (redsteeze) makes a great point about this, saying both Twitter and Facebook banned the New York Post for ACCURATE information last year about the president’s son, and that’s where the argument against this government imposed censorship should start:
Twitter and Facebook blocked the New York Post for true and accurate reporting a story on the President's son. https://t.co/1xTnWY3GSU
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 16, 2021
That's where this argument should start. Not anti-vaxx posts or vidoes. The argument starts with these platforms blocking a story the Biden campaign and several other journalists falsely claimed was 'misinformation'
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 16, 2021
"We thought it was just a Russian misinformation story being pushed by bad actors."
Except it wasn't. So now what.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 16, 2021
As always, Peter Doocy is the only one doing his job among the White House reporters in actually pushing back on this government overreach.
In this first question, Doocy asks how long the administration has been “spying” on people’s Facebook entries and reporting ‘misinformation’:
Only MINUTES LATER, Jen Psaki calls social media sites like Facebook "public platforms." pic.twitter.com/olva3zlSVm
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 16, 2021
Psaki called the question ‘loaded’ and wrong, suggesting this is all ‘public information’.
Then Doocy asks if they are going to have Dr. Fauci’s videos taken down from over a year ago claiming that people don’t need to wear masks:
WATCH: Facebook used to block "lab leak theory" content, @pdoocy says, so aren't you concerned "things you're trying to block or take down might someday turn out to be accurate?"
Psaki dodges, saying "We don't take anything down." No, they're just pressuring Facebook to do so. pic.twitter.com/IsdjIoeNWg
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) July 16, 2021
Psaki side steps it, claiming they don’t take anything down. But as John Cooper suggests, while that may be true, they are pressuring Facebook and others to take stuff down that THEY flag. And I will guarantee you that there’s communication between the White House and these social media companies that goes beyond just ‘flagging’ posts, when something they flag isn’t promptly removed.
This is truly Orwellian stuff. ‘Misleading’ information is always a moving target because what is good info today is misinformation tomorrow and vice versa. And honestly, this is another way for the White House to try and silence their critics in the name of ‘misinformation’ by pressuring these Democrat run social media companies. It’s completely unAmerican.