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    Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government with Matt Tiabbi Archived Message

    Posted by Laurie on March 10, 2023, 3:22 pm

    "Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government, from the FBI, DHS, HHS, DOD, the Global Engagement Center at State, even the CIA. For every government agency scanning Twitter, there were perhaps twenty quasi-private entities doing the same thing."

    Matt Tiabbi (Twitter)

    With Matt Tiabbi and Michael Shellenberger.
    I haven't watched it all but there's questioning on government-corporate censorship, the Hunter Biden laptop issue, Newsguard, disinformation campaign on vaccinations, Democrats trying to rubbish Tiabbi, Shadow banning etc. But do the Republicans on the committee really support freedom of speech – when it goes against them?






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    • Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government with Matt Tiabbi - Laurie March 10, 2023, 3:22 pm