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And twitters mods are having their admin tools restricted

I've read the report.

Do you want me to quote from it?

"In a March meeting, Laura Dehmlow, an FBI official, warned that the threat of subversive information on social media could undermine support for the U.S. government. Dehmlow, according to notes of the discussion attended by senior executives from Twitter and JPMorgan Chase, stressed that “we need a media infrastructure that is held accountable.”

Debunking what you posted, here's an example of where "a big tech company" clearly states that the government*doesn't* interfere with its free speech.

“We do not coordinate with other entities when making content moderation decisions, and we independently evaluate content in line with the Twitter Rules,” a spokesperson for Twitter wrote in a statement to The Intercept.

The intercept's report, which the ALCU retweets, says that there are people out there that believe all sorts of nonsense and disinformation, like the type behind COVID that got people killed, should be tackled where possible.

This point is clearly missed by you and others, notwithstanding it was about 24 hous or so ago when some of ye were posting about Pelosi's attacker being an inside job and the ****er who committed the crime was hooked up on conspiracy theories too.

Debunked has to be the most overused word in these threads. Nothing about that report has been "debunked", christ Facebook admitted that they took direction from government officials on what stories to throttle and surpress.

If you can't see this as an issue then fair enough but trying to handwave it off as "nothing to see here" while others discuss it adds nothing.

There's been a worrying trend of government agencies keeping tabs on citizens and it all really ramped up with that horrendous Patriot Act by Bush jnr. Since then it's only gotten worse and these latest reports highlight that.

The article says no such thing. Nowhere does it say this was all done in the dark. They clearly state that the information used in the report is from documents released as part of a recent court case and publicly available documents. They even mention CISA extensively in the second half of the article. Having a system where a small cohort of officials can ask social media companies to remove content is a real slippery slope but I suppose as long as you agree with who they are suppressing for now then that's okay.

excerpts from the article...

"is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.

The work, much of which remains unknown to the American public..

"Behind closed doors"

All of these are direct quotes. It is designed to get the conspiracy theory heckles up.

JRant - "Having a system where a small cohort of officials can ask social media companies to remove content is a real slippery slope"

Again, asking a platform to take down misinformation, having provided it with the facts to show that it is misinformation, isn't what the headline suggests.

Again, it is not suppressing anything. The companies are making their own decisions.

Again, it is not violating the first amendment.

FFS - the fact that Jones has waited years for his just desserts, or the fact that Bannon can continue to spew utter BS, or the fact that Keri Lake is STILL denying the election results publicly and is campaigning off that lie, is proof apparent that the first amendment is still as strong as ever in the US.

"Some of ye"? Pretty sure i didnt post anything of the sort. Pathetic situation where posting a report written by left leaning journalists which was published in a left leaning news outlet gets you labeled as one of "them" just because it makes the current administration look bad. You're ok with literal fascism now then don't complain when people you don't like wield the same power.

Totally correct that social media companies are warned of potential misinformation campaigns from the appropriate authorities

If I'm running a respectable multi billion dollar social media website and there's a growing conspiracy theory that FBI agents are kidnapping kids and turning them into adrenochrome factories - why is the more disturbing conspiracy theory here that I called up the government to fact check that for my tens of millions of users?

Only one of those is a conspiracy though. We know that government officials are in contact with these platforms to remove, surpress, throttle, information they seem to disinformation.

On the face of it there seem to be some legitimate 1st amendment concerns here while also calling into question whether these platforms should continue to enjoy section 230 protection.

Funnily enough though, they don't appear to be prioritizing such conspiracy theories though. Instead:

• "DHS plans to target inaccurate information on “the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the nature of U.S. support to Ukraine.”

And:

"They argued that the agency needed to take steps to halt the “spread of false and misleading information,” with a focus on information that undermines “key democratic institutions, such as the courts, or by other sectors such as the financial system, or public health measures.”

So basically, anything that questions government actions is what they are concerned about. They want only the government sanctioned 'facts' to be part of the discourse, no questioning allowed. Nothing concerning about that? I'm sure Bush et al would have loved to have the power to shut down any questioning of the WMD narrative at the time.

They could use section 230 as a bargaining chip. Tow the line or have life made difficult for them.

Well the example I gave was not per se one of the more widespread CTs going around, but 4 years ago yes on this quote above you'd have found Pizzagate instead of Afghanistan.

Truth is, Facebook set up this portal, for Governments, etc to contact them through and request (not demand) changes

Here's the portal

https://www.facebook.com/xtakedowns/login

So it's a 2 way street:

Twitter issues correction and the WH deletes the tweet.

And fair play to them, the WH was correct, but also ignoring the fact the reason for the hike was the high on inflation.