Thursday, July 27, 2023

The Facebook Files Show Brazen And Aggressive Censorship

Never-before-released internal documents subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committee PROVE that Facebook and Instagram censored posts and changed their content moderation policies because of unconstitutional pressure from the Biden White House.

During the first half of 2021, social media companies like Facebook faced tremendous pressure from the Biden White House-both publicly and privately-to crack down on alleged "Misinformation."

In April 2021, a Facebook employee circulated an email for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, writing: "We are facing continued pressure from external stakeholders, including the [Biden] White House" to remove posts.

In another April 2021 email, Nick Clegg, Facebook's president for global affairs, informed his team at Facebook that Andy Slavitt, a Senior Advisor to President Biden, was "Outraged ... that [Facebook] did not remove" a particular post.

Facebook wanted to repair its relationship with the White House to avoid adverse action: "Given what is at stake here, it would also be a good idea if we could regroup and take stock of where we are in our relations with the , and our internal methods too."

On August 2, 2021, Facebook admitted it was going to change its policies because of pressure from the Biden White House.

Only after the Committee announced its intention to hold Mark Zuckerberg in contempt did Facebook produce ANY internal documents to the Committee, including these documents, which PROVE that government pressure was directly responsible for censorship on Facebook. 

https://brownstone.org/articles/facebook-files-show-brazen-aggressive-censorship/

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