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Government worked to ‘censor Americans’ prior to 2020 election

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(This post was last modified: 11-08-2023, 02:23 PM by Lucky2Last.)

(11-08-2023, 11:14 AM)mikesez Wrote:
(11-08-2023, 09:22 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I don't think you understand how this works. You made a claim. I asked you to support your claim, and you're telling me that's on me? You do this every time I call you out on your BS.


I am asking you to show me where this was his policy. The burden of proof is on you. Once you've established this was his policy (which shouldn't be hard), then we can talk about his lack of competence.

Does that font size change help you see the issue?

It helps me understand your inability to understand cause and effect. I said Trump didn't benefit from "these" policies, not "his" policies. You're the one who changed that modifier, not me. So, I ask you again, can you show me where this was a process that was put in place by Trump?

(11-08-2023, 11:45 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: 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.

NYC, good post worth addressing, but I can't get to it now.
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Messages In This Thread
homebiscuit - by homebiscuit - 11-07-2023, 08:07 AM
RE: homebiscuit - by mikesez - 11-07-2023, 01:47 PM
RE: Government worked to ‘censor Americans’ prior to 2020 election - by Lucky2Last - 11-08-2023, 02:22 PM
copycat - by copycat - 11-11-2023, 04:45 PM



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