Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz admitted during Tuesday's vice presidential debate that he does not believe the First Amendment protects misinformation and hate speech, advancing the Biden-Harris administration's history of censorship. I let it happen.
Tim Walz has previously come under fire for resurfacing. MSNBC clip “There is no guarantee of freedom of speech when it comes to misinformation or hate speech,'' he said, a point he repeated in last night's debate.
Vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has sparred with Walz over the Biden administration's pattern of working with Big Tech to censor political opponents, while Harris has argued in favor of using government to silence people. He claimed that there was.
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Tim Walz emphasized his statement that the First Amendment is not absolute and criminalizes “hate speech,” whatever that means.
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“The most sacred right under American democracy is the First Amendment,” Vance said. “You yourself say there is no First Amendment right to misinformation.” (Related: State Department collaborated with fact-checkers, academics to censor conservative media, report says)
Walz interrupted him and added, “Or threats, or hate speech,” clearly agreeing with Vance's point.
The governor is not the only one taking a pro-censorship stance. – His running mate has also expressed support for censoring certain views.
Harris told CNN that “the same rules must apply” to Facebook and Twitter. “They are speaking to millions of people without any level of oversight or regulation,” she said. “And it has to stop.”
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“The bottom line is you can't say Facebook has one set of rules and Twitter has another set of rules,” she says. “The same rules must apply, which means these social media sites must be held accountable for understanding their power.”
The Biden-Harris administration infamously pressured Facebook to censor certain content related to the coronavirus, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. Mark Zuckerberg said: letter Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor certain coronavirus-related content, including humor and satire,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said in a statement. (Related: Mark Zuckerberg's overdue confession about government censorship could fuel First Amendment claims)
“I think the government's pressure was wrong, and I regret not being more forthright about it,” Zuckerberg said.
The conservative group America First Legal (AFL) recently document It revealed that Facebook had “streamlined” its censorship of the Biden-Harris Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Biden: “U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that domestic terrorism, rooted in white supremacy, is the greatest terrorist threat facing our nation.”
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Biden also claimed Facebook was “killing people” by failing to censor “misinformation” about coronavirus vaccines, The New York Times reported. reported In 2021.
Federal authorities also warned Facebook and Twitter employees about the alleged misinformation, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. One official reportedly demanded the Anthony Fauci parody be removed, and CDC officials requested to set up monthly meetings with Facebook.
Biden administration too pressured Weaponization Committee announces that YouTube and Amazon will censor content related to the new coronavirus infection report Last May. YouTube, Amazon and Facebook all changed their content moderation policies following pressure from the White House, the report said. (Related: Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden-Harris administration pressured Facebook to censor content, expresses regret)
Censorship has been tightened due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that was not the only issue with social media that the administration was scrutinizing. Biden-Harris launched First National Strategy to Combat Domestic Terrorism in 2021 and Targeted Claims on 2020 Election Results – Among other stories – Follow your strategy.
Biden: “U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that domestic terrorism, rooted in white supremacy, is the greatest terrorist threat facing our nation.”
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of document It argued that there is a “crisis of disinformation and misinformation that is frequently communicated through social media platforms.” An assessment published alongside the report included “stories of fraud in the recent general election” on a list of developments that could “almost certainly” lead to attempted violence in 2021. (Company X suspends operations in Brazil after a Supreme Court judge threatened to arrest a legal representative)
Following the Biden-Harris administration's pattern of censorship, the AFL raises concerns that the White House may have had knowledge or involvement in France's arrest of Telegram CEO and Brazil's censorship of Elon Musk's X (ex-Twitter). We have started investigating whether there is.
