President Joe Biden and his administration have not yet enacted any policies regarding online censorship, but the administration has hinted at possible changes to the way tech companies operate. Democrats in Congress have also proposed legislation that would force social media platforms to take more responsibility for the content posted on their sites.

House Republicans Introduce Bill To Protect Americans From Biden’s Social Media Censorship. House Republicans are introducing a bill that would protect Americans from President Joe Biden’s social media censorship. The Protecting Americans from Censorship Act would make it illegal for an employee of the federal government to use their position to influence the content moderation policies of social media companies. “The current environment is ripe for abuse by federal employees who want to silence conservative voices,” said Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), one of the bill’s sponsors.

House GOP Introduces Bill to Stop Social Media Censorship by Government Employees. Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to prevent government employees from using their positions to influence social media companies’ censorship of Americans’ speech. The Protecting Americans from Censorship Act, introduced by Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), would prohibit any employee of the executive branch from using their official status to “attempt to influence the content moderation policies of a social media company.” The bill was introduced in response to increasingly heavy-handed censorship by Big Tech and social media companies against conservatives and right-leaning individuals and organizations.

Rep. Buck Introduces ‘Protecting Americans From Censorship Act’. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) introduced the “Protecting Americans from Censorship Act” on Wednesday. The Act would prevent government employees from using their positions to influence social media companies’ censorship of Americans’ speech. “The current environment is ripe for abuse by federal employees who want to silence conservative voices,” said Buck. “This bill will help ensure that government officials aren’t using their positions to affect the outcome of an election.”

Trump supporters file class-action lawsuit against Big Tech firms over election ‘censorship’. A group of Trump supporters filed a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against Big Tech firms, alleging they had been censored and deprived of their First Amendment rights. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida by three individuals who said they were censored by Facebook, Twitter and Google after the presidential election in November. The plaintiffs are asking the court to stop the tech companies from censoring content that is “protected speech” under the First Amendment and to award them damages.

Facebook Prepares User Surveillance, Punishment Through AI Technology. Facebook is developing artificial intelligence technology that will identify and punish users for “antisocial” behavior and could pave the way for a new age of internet surveillance. Facebook has been testing the technology on a small group of users in India and plans to roll it out to all users in the coming months. The technology will analyze user behavior and automatically flag posts that violate Facebook’s “community standards” for things like hate speech, harassment, and other forms of “antisocial” behavior.

What if there were no free speech? Imagine if social media platforms were the only places where people were allowed to freely express themselves. What would that mean for your ability to speak your mind? It would mean that the only people you would be able to talk to would be those who agreed with you. If you held an opinion that was different from the majority, you would be censored. You would be banned from speaking your mind. This is the world that we are moving towards.

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The world would not be moving towards that situation if there were no social media. In fact, what we’re seeing is a lot of the same old stuff, just packaged differently. For example, if you don’t like what’s on TV, you can turn it off and watch something else. But if you don’t like what’s on Facebook, you’re just out of luck.

Twitter Cancels Its Own Trending Topics. Twitter announced this week that it would no longer feature trending topics on its platform. The move follows years of criticism from conservatives that Twitter was biased against them. The company denied that it was biased, but did admit that its algorithm was “flawed.” Now, it appears that Twitter has finally capitulated to its critics. On Tuesday [3/16/2021], Twitter announced that it would no longer feature trending topics on its platform. The company said that it made the decision because it wants to “simplify” the experience for users. “This will make Twitter feel more consistent and integrated across platforms, but it may also reduce the overall volume of content you see in your timeline,” the company said. Twitter also said that it would remove trending topics from its mobile app.

Twitter permanently removes trending topics feature. Twitter announced Tuesday [3/16/2021] that it is permanently removing trending topics from its site and app, saying the move will simplify the experience for users on the platform. “We’ve seen that the way some people interact with Trending Topics and the expectations they have around the feature may not line up with how we’ve designed it,” the social media platform said in a blog post. “This means we’re taking some time to rethink everything.”

YouTube Removes Livestream Of Michigan House Hearing On Election Fraud. YouTube removed a livestream of a Michigan House Oversight Committee hearing on election fraud on Monday morning. The hearing was called after reports surfaced last week of election workers in Wayne County allegedly being ordered to alter ballots. Republican state representatives Matt Hall and Steve Johnson invited witnesses to testify about their allegations of election fraud. “Today’s hearings cover allegations of voter fraud in the November 2020 election,” Johnson said. “The committee will receive testimony from witnesses who have sworn affidavits in court cases of election fraud.”

The Editor says…

Obviously, if there was no election fraud, there would be no need for the hearing.

Twitter Suspends Account Of Dr. Scott Atlas After He Asks ‘Where Is CDC Data’? Twitter suspended the account of Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, late Sunday night after he asked “where is CDC data?” on the platform. Atlas was a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force until December, when he resigned. On Sunday night, Atlas tweeted a question about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus testing guidelines, which have been criticized for being too restrictive.

Reddit Bans WallStreetBets For ‘Hate Speech’. Reddit banned the popular WallStreetBets subreddit on Wednesday [2/24/2021], calling it a “violation of our site-wide rules.” WallStreetBets was a popular forum for users to discuss trading strategies and share tips. The subreddit gained notoriety in recent weeks after it was revealed that a group of amateur investors had been using the forum to coordinate a short squeeze on GameStop. The short squeeze caused the stock price of GameStop to skyrocket, causing billions of dollars in losses for hedge funds that had bet against the company.

Reddit Bans Subreddit Dedicated to Criticizing the Mainstream Media. Reddit banned r/controllerthemedia on Friday, a subreddit dedicated to criticizing the mainstream media. The subreddit was created in 2016 and had more than 16,000 subscribers. “This subreddit was banned due to a violation of our content policy, specifically, our rules against bullying, harassment and hounding,” Reddit said in a notice posted on the subreddit. “Communities are prohibited from inciting harm or engaging in harassment against individuals or groups.”

Reddit Bans r/ControllertheMedia, a Subreddit Used to Expose and Mock the Mainstream Media. Reddit has officially banned r/ControllertheMedia, a subreddit used to expose and mock the mainstream media. The subreddit had more than 16,000 subscribers and was created in 2016. Reddit did not give a specific reason for the ban, but said that it was due to a violation of the platform’s content policy. “This subreddit was banned due to a violation of our content policy, specifically, our rules against bullying, harassment and hounding,” Reddit said in a notice posted on the subreddit. “Communities are prohibited from inciting harm or engaging in harassment against individuals or groups.”

Reddit Bans r/ControllertheMedia, a Subreddit Used to Expose and Mock the Mainstream Media. Reddit has officially banned r/ControllertheMedia, a subreddit used to expose and mock the mainstream media. The subreddit had more than 16,000 subscribers and was created in 2016. Reddit did not give a specific reason for the ban, but said that it was due to a violation of the platform’s content policy. “This subreddit was banned due to a violation of our content policy, specifically, our rules against bullying, harassment and hounding,” Reddit said in a notice posted on the subreddit. “Communities are prohibited from inciting harm or engaging in harassment against individuals or groups.”

Twitter Bans Ron Paul For ‘Violating Rules Against Abusive Behavior’. Twitter has permanently banned former Texas Congressman Ron Paul for allegedly violating the platform’s rules against abusive behavior. The decision was made after Paul posted a video criticizing the Capitol riot and the media’s response to it. Paul said that the media was trying to “stir up anger” by constantly showing footage of the riot. “The anger should be directed toward the politicians who spent the money we didn’t have, the politicians who lied to us, and the politicians who think that pre-emptive war is a good idea,” Paul said.

Twitter Sticks Knife Into The Free Speech Movement. When the Supreme Court ruled that “hate speech” wasn’t protected under the First Amendment in Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), it set a standard that it would be difficult to argue against. Why? Because the test sets a very high bar for what would be considered “incitement to violence,” and the plaintiff would have to prove that the speech “is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.” So while it would be easy to argue that a speaker could be inciting violence by telling the audience to “kill all Jews,” it’s a whole different story when someone is merely making a political point. Here, the speaker would have to show not only that the audience is likely to act immediately but that the speaker intends for the audience to do so.

Twitter locks New York Post account for two weeks for article on Hunter Biden. Twitter locked the New York Post’s account Wednesday [10/14/2020] after publishing a report based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post.

Twitter locks New York Post account for two weeks for article on Hunter Biden. Twitter locked the New York Post’s account Wednesday [10/14/2020] after publishing a report based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post.

Big Tech’s ‘Dirty Secret’: They Have No Idea What They Are Censoring. Big Tech companies claim that their attempts to censor content are fair, transparent, and without political bias. But their actions have shown otherwise — and now they are admitting it. During a Senate hearing on Friday [10/9/2020], senators grilled Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over their actions to remove content, including political ads and news stories, from their platforms. While both executives defended their actions as necessary to combat election interference and prevent the spread of false information, they admitted that they have no way of knowing whether their actions are effective or not.

Twitter Refuses to Provide Data on Hunter Biden Story Censorship. Twitter has refused to provide any data or evidence to the Senate Judiciary Committee about its decision to censor a story published by the New York Post about Hunter Biden’s alleged corrupt business dealings and ties to China. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked Twitter to provide data about the decision to censor the story. “This is the issue: I want to know how Twitter decided to censor the New York Post,” Hawley said. “I want to know whether Twitter made a decision to censor the New York Post because of pressure from the Chinese Communist Party or because of pressure from Joe Biden, then-candidate for president, or because of pressure from Democrats on the Hill, or because of pressure from the media, or because of pressure from anybody else. I want to know that.”

Twitter Censors The Post. Twitter censored the New York Post. This is a direct attack on the First Amendment. The Post ran a story based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer. The story claimed to show that Joe Biden had met with a Ukrainian businessman while he was vice president. The story also claimed that Hunter Biden had attempted to sell access to his father while he was in office. Twitter locked the Post’s account and prevented users from sharing links to the story. The Post’s editor tweeted that the Post had been “locked out of my account for posting the truth about Joe Biden & his corrupt dealings in Ukraine.”

Twitter locks the New York Post out of their account for posting the truth about Joe Biden’s corruption. Twitter has locked the official account of the New York Post — one of the nation’s oldest newspapers, founded by Alexander Hamilton — after it ran a bombshell report detailing corrupt dealings by Joe Biden and his son Hunter. […] President Trump tweeted, “So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of ‘Smoking Gun’ emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!” Section 230 is an immunity that Big Tech companies have from liability for content on their platforms.

Twitter censors New York Post, locks its account over Hunter Biden article. Twitter has locked the New York Post’s account after the newspaper published a story based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post. “This means they can’t Tweet or retweet from the account. Once the 12 hour period is up, they can try tweeting again.” The Post’s editor tweeted that the Post had been “locked out of my account for posting the truth about Joe Biden & his corrupt dealings in Ukraine.”

Twitter locks down New York Post account for publishing Hunter Biden article. Twitter locked the New York Post account Wednesday morning [10/14/2020] for publishing a story based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post.

Twitter locks down New York Post account for publishing Hunter Biden article. Twitter locked the New York Post account Wednesday morning [10/14/2020] for publishing a story based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post.

Twitter locks out New York Post for publishing Hunter Biden emails. Twitter locked the New York Post account Wednesday morning [10/14/2020] for publishing a story based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post.

Twitter locks down New York Post account for publishing Hunter Biden article. Twitter locked the New York Post account Wednesday morning [10/14/2020] for publishing a story based on emails allegedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer, claiming the article violated its rules on hacked material and personal information. “This is the Post’s 4th strike in 90 days. As a result, the account is locked for 12 hours,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Post.

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The only possible reason for Twitter to lock out the New York Post is because the Post released a story that makes Joe Biden look bad.

Twitter suspends account of New York Post reporter who broke Hunter Biden story. Twitter has suspended the account of a New York Post reporter who broke the story about Hunter Biden’s alleged corrupt business dealings and ties to China. The reporter, Isabel Vincent, was suspended after she tweeted a story about Hunter Biden attempting to sell access to his father while he was in office. Vincent’s account was locked after she posted a link to an article about Hunter Biden. The article was published by the Post on Wednesday and claimed to show that Joe Biden had met with a Ukrainian businessman while he was vice president.

Twitter Locks Out U.S. Border Chief Mark Morgan For ‘Inciting Violence’. Twitter locked the account of Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, after he tweeted that the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico is working. Morgan’s account was locked on Tuesday after he tweeted that the wall is “effective” and is “saving lives every day.” The tweet came in response to a post from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in which she said that the wall is “a moral abomination.”

Twitter locked out former CBP head Mark Morgan for tweeting that the wall works. Twitter locked out Mark Morgan, the former head of Customs and Border Protection, after he tweeted that the wall on the US-Mexico border works, he told Fox News. Twitter locked Morgan’s account on Tuesday after he tweeted that the wall is “effective” and is “saving lives every day.” The tweet came in response to a tweet from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in which she said that the wall is “a moral abomination.”

Twitter locks Mark Morgan’s account after he dares to say that the wall is working. Twitter locked the account of Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, after he tweeted that the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico is working. Morgan’s account was locked on Tuesday after he tweeted that the wall is “effective” and is “saving lives every day.” The tweet came in response to a post from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in which she said that the wall is “a moral abomination.”

Twitter locks out CBP chief for tweeting that the wall ‘is saving lives every day’. Twitter locked the account of Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, after he tweeted that the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico is working. Morgan’s account was locked on Tuesday after he tweeted that the wall is “