So anyone remembers the democratic socialist/liberal mantra in support of corporate censorship "They are a private company and can do what they want" and all that other demagogic stuff?
Well, it turns out those efforts weren't so private after all: recent DHS leaks shows that Biden's government was secretly administering instructions to private companies to spread disinformation and censorship that would favor his regime politically.
In other words, alphabet agencies would give private companies "takedown" orders when they wanted a particular piece of information censored.
While anyone with modicum of critical thinking already knew that something like that is in place at least unofficially, we now have the documentary proof for it.
Some links:
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/...formation-dhs/
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-le...ration-efforts
This appears to be a gross violation of citizen's rights as well as clear attempt to stifle exchange of ideas and information in society by the government, something one would see in Iran and China, but is now also a routine in Biden's America.
To be fair, censorship is a bipartisan issue in America. Republican party still has its reputation tarnished by its promotion of Patriot Act and similar anti-freedom legislations. That being said, Democrats, who at least on surface level were in opposition to that policy in 2000s, are now doubling down on far more insidious attempts at authoritarian levels of censorship.
Is a legislation that would bar such government efforts overdue? How else can government be declawed from ability to engage in political censorship?
Discuss.