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Government worked to ‘censor Americans’ prior to 2020 election
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I mean - this all seems pretty simple.
Over a two year period of time leading up to the 2020 election - US social media was indeed used as a propaganda device by foreign governments and special interest groups. We know this to be true. And it need not be a partisan issue. While Russia lead a campaign to aid tRump's re-election - Iran led a campaign to undermine it. This stuff is a threat to us all regardless of your politics. So let's put aside trying to argue whether or not censorship of propaganda was needed. Zuckerberg was unwilling to take the necessary steps without this involvement. So the Feds were forced to get involved. And, yes, tRump was in office when this happened. Here's a declassified intelligence doc on the subject. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents...6MAR21.pdf SO - There was indeed a ton of misinformation and disinformation making the rounds. I saw things daily in my feed that had the typical grammatical errors common to language translating software and so did everyone I asked personally about also seeing those ads and posts. So the DOH and other agencies rightfully began efforts to intervene and censor accordingly. Now- fast forward a bit- and Jim Jordan and others who had been well documented as prone to posting inaccuracies on social media got caught up in the fray when some of their inaccurate posts were removed. In the grand scheme of things - who cares? There was a larger design at work to shield people from much more harmful election influence from those who wish us all ill will. Is it really too much to ask of our lawmakers that they not post blatant lies on Facebook and twitter? Sadly - I know the answer to that rhetorical question and it doesn't bode well for any of us. |
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