nivek
As Above So Below
The White House has been actively involved in censorship of what they deem as mis-information on social media...Do you trust the government to make the right choices between false information and information they don't want you to see or trying to hide?...This sets a dangerous precedent, do you think they stop with Covid as an excuse?...Its likely they will find reasons to censor other topics they don't like being discussed and shared and call it mis-information...
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Critics slam the White House after Psaki reveals it's consulting with Facebook to 'flag misinformation'
Critics roundly condemned the White House after press secretary Jen Psaki revealed the Biden administration is working with Facebook to flag "problematic" posts that "spread disinformation" on COVID-19.
On Thursday, Psaki was asked a question regarding the Biden administration’s request for tech companies to be more "aggressive" when policing what they referred to as "misinformation." Psaki revealed that the White House is "in regular touch with social media platforms" to handle it.
"We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and also members of our COVID-19 team — given, as Dr. Murthy conveyed, this is a big issue, of misinformation, specifically on the pandemic," Psaki explained.
While referencing the team’s actions, Psaki also revealed that they are "flagging" posts on Facebook as part of their efforts.
"Within the Surgeon General's Office, we're flagging posts for Facebook that spread disinformation," Psaki said. "We're working with doctors and medical professionals to connect medical experts with people, who are popular with their audiences with accurate information and boost trusted content. So, we're helping get trusted content out there. We also created the COVID Community Corps to get factual information into the hands of local messengers."
Psaki's comments were met with fierce pushback online with some calling the actions as infringing on the First Amendment.
"Psaki says the White House has been flagging ‘problematic posts’ on Facebook they believe are misinformation about Wuhan coronavirus. Reminder: Fauci worked with Facebook to ban the lab leak theory, which is factual, for more than a year," Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich tweeted.
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Critics slam the White House after Psaki reveals it's consulting with Facebook to 'flag misinformation'
Critics roundly condemned the White House after press secretary Jen Psaki revealed the Biden administration is working with Facebook to flag "problematic" posts that "spread disinformation" on COVID-19.
On Thursday, Psaki was asked a question regarding the Biden administration’s request for tech companies to be more "aggressive" when policing what they referred to as "misinformation." Psaki revealed that the White House is "in regular touch with social media platforms" to handle it.
"We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and also members of our COVID-19 team — given, as Dr. Murthy conveyed, this is a big issue, of misinformation, specifically on the pandemic," Psaki explained.
While referencing the team’s actions, Psaki also revealed that they are "flagging" posts on Facebook as part of their efforts.
"Within the Surgeon General's Office, we're flagging posts for Facebook that spread disinformation," Psaki said. "We're working with doctors and medical professionals to connect medical experts with people, who are popular with their audiences with accurate information and boost trusted content. So, we're helping get trusted content out there. We also created the COVID Community Corps to get factual information into the hands of local messengers."
Psaki's comments were met with fierce pushback online with some calling the actions as infringing on the First Amendment.
"Psaki says the White House has been flagging ‘problematic posts’ on Facebook they believe are misinformation about Wuhan coronavirus. Reminder: Fauci worked with Facebook to ban the lab leak theory, which is factual, for more than a year," Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich tweeted.
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wwkirk
Divine
It's a tactic to work around the Constitution. Instead of the government itself censoring, they just have compliant corporations do it for them.
nivek
As Above So Below
nivek
As Above So Below
Twitter explodes after Psaki urges Big Tech to unite on bans for 'misinformation' spreaders
'This is White House directed collusion'
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Psaki's remarks Friday drew bipartisan derision, with critics calling Big Tech outlets "state actors" and ripping the Biden administration for playing judge and jury on truth. One writer said it was a precursor to censoring other so-called "misinformation" on social issues.
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'This is White House directed collusion'
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Psaki's remarks Friday drew bipartisan derision, with critics calling Big Tech outlets "state actors" and ripping the Biden administration for playing judge and jury on truth. One writer said it was a precursor to censoring other so-called "misinformation" on social issues.
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Sheltie
Fratty and out of touch.
I'm fully vaccinated and now I'm hearing in the news about the Delta Variant and how there is talk of reimplementing mask requirements and quarantines. Covid was a severe outbreak of the flu. It never turned into the mass epidemic that was predicted. Clearly this whole thing has become an excuse to justify a political power grab.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Yeah well, if you point out the blatantly obvious you're accused of all sorts of horrible things. Accused of doing the very things the people wagging their finger are guilty of. This is so blatant my only hope is that it will collapse under it's own absurdity. It won't but I'd like to think that.
I'll just hang the 'kick me' sign on my back now ..........
I'll just hang the 'kick me' sign on my back now ..........
nivek
As Above So Below
Facebook issues harsh response to Biden accusation the platform is 'killing people'
Facebook is pushing back against the White House's narrative that the social media platform is "killing people."
"In private exchanges the Surgeon General has praised our work, including our efforts to inform people about COVID-19. They knew what they were doing. The White House is looking for scapegoats for missing their vaccine goals," a Facebook spokesperson told NBC's Dylan Beyers.
"The fact is that more than 2 billion people have viewed authoritative information about COVID-19 and vaccines on Facebook, which is more than any place on the internet," the spokesperson said. "More than 3.3 million Americans have also used our vaccine finder tool to find our where and how to get the vaccine. The facts show that Facebook is helping save lives. Period."
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Facebook is pushing back against the White House's narrative that the social media platform is "killing people."
"In private exchanges the Surgeon General has praised our work, including our efforts to inform people about COVID-19. They knew what they were doing. The White House is looking for scapegoats for missing their vaccine goals," a Facebook spokesperson told NBC's Dylan Beyers.
"The fact is that more than 2 billion people have viewed authoritative information about COVID-19 and vaccines on Facebook, which is more than any place on the internet," the spokesperson said. "More than 3.3 million Americans have also used our vaccine finder tool to find our where and how to get the vaccine. The facts show that Facebook is helping save lives. Period."
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