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US President Joe Biden: One thumb up for fascism!
If we look back throughout history, all societies whose government attempted to, or actually succeeded in, controlling the speech of their citizens,
have been totalitarian nightmares. It is for this reason that the founders crafted the first and most important Amendment to the Constitution, barring government from doing exactly that.
Aside from a few constitutionally illiterate politicians over the past couple of decades and the horrid atrocities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, recently Americans have had the ability to express their protected speech in any manner they see fit. Over the last several years, however,
tech giants and social media companies have brought down the hammer in the name of protecting society from "disinformation."
Many have argued —
although incorrectly — that companies like Facebook and Twitter are private entities and therefore can censor whatever speech they want to on their own platforms. As TFTP has been reporting for years, however,
this censorship was anything but private.
While there has been a grey area as to the relationship between social media and government, on Thursday, the White House made sure to clear up any doubt. During a press briefing,
Jen Psaki removed any uncertainty that Facebook is a wholly private entity by claiming that the United States government will now dictate to the social media behemoth, exactly what is and isn't allowed on their platform.
"We are in regular touch with the social media platforms," said Psaki, adding,
"we're flagging problematic posts for Facebook."
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