Just a conspiracy theory, eh?
In Stunning Letter To Congress, Zuckerberg Admits Biden-Harris Pressured Facebook To Censor Content
Submitted 3 months ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to conservative@lemm.ee
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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 months ago
AstroGnomeical@mander.xyz 3 months ago
You’re right, Tyler Durdan is on to something
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
This was going on before the Biden administration. The federal government is dangerous no matter who is sitting in the white house.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The content in question?
COVID19 disinformation that was getting people killed.
The hunter Biden laptop thing is a secondary tied in unrelated cliff note that has nothing to do with the heading.
But “government pressures social media platform to crack down on COVID19 disinformation spreading” doesn’t have that catchy ring to it to get those clicks now does it.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Sure, right, you dismiss the laptop, now. How rich.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I believe disinformation (not misinformation) that endangered lives should be illegal, yes.
If someone posts a video that purposefully tells people to do something that endangers lives and makes it look good/safe, that person should face penalties of fines or jail time functional of how dangerous their recommendation was.
As for the laptop, I’m not dismissing anything.
It’s 100% an entirely unrelated anecdote that was mentioned as a totally seperate and discrete event in the letter, that has nothing to do with the headline.
The article used vague wording to try and jumble the two seperate events together and make it sound like they were one event that occurred, which us extremely shitty journalism.
Stop falling for such obvious bullshit and go read the original source.
I have no issue with governments cracking down on disinformation. It’s a huge problem and should carry extremely heavy penalties if it causes harm.
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 3 months ago
How many people did that “disinformation” kill? Do first amendment rights end when speech leads to people doing harmful things to themselves?
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
When they lead to harm, they do indeed end.
People often forget the right to free speech isn’t prioritized over other human rights in pretty kych every first world country.
Otherwise stuff like Libel and Slander wouldn’t make sense legally. As well as hate speech laws.
Your right to free speech comes after peoples rights to safety from harm, and how that’s worded varies country by country, but feel free to Google up on it for your specific case.
It’s why stuff like advertising laws, misinformation and disinformation laws, etc can work too.
Free speech isn’t right #1, which some people just can’t seem to wrap their head around I guess. This isn’t even new, it’s been like that for ages.
How do you think snake oil salesmen could be prosecuted if they were allowed to just say whatever they want?
Why do you think it’s possible to have legal repercussions for threatening to shoot up a school, or bomb a plane?
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Yeah. Real important to shut down the “misinformation” that it came from a biolab in Wuhan.
pixxelkick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Disinformation is not the same as Misinformation mate.
It’s critical to know the difference.