White House Communication Director Kate Bedingfield issued an ultimatium to social media companies. Bedingfield told MSNBC’s Mika Brezinski that if social media companies don’t censor conservatives on their list they will face accountability.
Social media companies “should be held accountable” for misinformation Bedingfield said.
“There are conservative news outlets who are creating irresponsible content,” she added.
White House comms director Kate Bedingfield says social media companies “should be held accountable” for misinformation on their platforms:
“There are conservative news outlets who are creating irresponsible content.” pic.twitter.com/Gl9Kge0I9e
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 20, 2021
The White House also told their propaganda partner, CNN that if social media platforms do not censor conservatives they will hold them accountable for publishing misinformation.
It’s an idle threat only Congress can amend the law however the White House knows there is support on both sides of the aisle to revoke Section 230.
Let’s take a step back, the government is publicly threatening a private company that if they don’t do their bidding they are going to go after them (if Trump was in office the press would be losing their minds). Not that we should feel bad for these social media companies they created this mess.
Recently the White House has turned up the heat and is publicly demanding conservative be censored.
There is no circumstance — none — in which it’s acceptable for the White House or any other agency of the government to be providing lists to Facebook of “problematic” content it wants removed, yet’s that exactly what Psaki says they’re doing:https://t.co/NTbP8fhBbi
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 15, 2021
Pres. Biden said today that Facebook and other social media platforms are “killing people” when it comes to COVID-19 misinformation.
The social media giant fired back, saying, “We will not be distracted by accusations which aren’t supported by the facts.” https://t.co/C4QDxaJTQH pic.twitter.com/KywdTF8Bb5
— ABC News (@ABC) July 16, 2021
Only 49% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated. If you believe that’s because 12 people on Facebook are sharing false information I don’t know what to tell you.
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) July 20, 2021
