Last week, President Biden said Facebook was “killing people” because it hosted misinformation. He later backed off the comment, but the White House has been consistently putting pressure on social networks to deplatform people who, they believe, are getting in the way of their vaccination goals.
Yesterday, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ben Ray Luján introduced the Health Misinformation Act, which would open Facebook and other social-media networks to lawsuits if they host or use their algorithms to boost and spread health misinformation. “The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how lethal misinformation can be, and it is our responsibility to take action,” said Senator Klobuchar.
So, I have a question. Would this apply to people who used all major platforms to tell us that COVID wasn’t as serious as the flu, and that masks don’t work? That is, would Facebook be obliged to delete Dr. Anthony Fauci?
Censorship laws by the government aimed at “misinformation” about contentious events don’t actually prevent the spread of misinformation; they merely license the spread of official information, whether that be the truth, lies, or just nonsense.
Facebook needs actual Government oversight and controls. It censors conservative speech and ideas. It should be forced to allow all speech period.
High Time Govt is held ACCOUNTABLE for a change !!!!! Govt BY the People Not People BY the Govt !!!!!!
you are a fool if you ever believe anything that comes out of this corrupt entity! repub or demonicRat!
Yes, ONLY the Pee-ons are held accountable & held to the Law > You & Me !!!!!!
Govt is ABOVE all Laws !!!!! They only Cherry-Pick who to enforce the laws on !!!!!!!