π¨ According to newly released emails obtained by state AGs, Facebook & the Biden admin arranged weekly/monthly calls to discuss what to censor on the platform.https://t.co/m8UKZEBby9 pic.twitter.com/u2RRDwcwAU
— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) September 1, 2022
π¨In May, We filed a landmark lawsuit against top ranking Biden Admin. officials for colluding with social media companies to censor free speech. We have already received documents that show their cozy relationship, and now we’re demanding more. π§΅
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
In July of 2022, MO and LA served discovery requests and third-party subpoenas, demanding documents from top-ranking Biden Administration officials and social media companies over their alleged collusion to suppress freedom of speech.
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
The Department of Justice is refusing to produce communications between the most senior officials and social media companies – yesterday we filed a joint petition asking the Court to compel them to produce those documents.
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
Here’s what we know so far. DOJ identified 45 federal officials who have interacted with social media companies on misinformation.
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
Beyond DOJ, Meta identified 32 additional federal officials including White House Officials who communicated with them, and YouTube identified 11 federal officials including White House Officials who communicated with them, many of whom were not disclosed by DOJ.
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
This is a vast censorship enterprise, and the American people deserve to see the truth. Here are examples that already prove that federal officials and social media companies are coordinating on censorship, and we’re not close to being done yet:
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
A senior FB official sent an email to the Surgeon General stating, “I know our teams met today to better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward.” This email chain follows the SG’s “misinformation health advisory” in July 2021. pic.twitter.com/M4YuTC6vGa
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
The same senior official sent a later email to HHS and noted, "Thanks again for taking the time to meet earlier today." Then, the official continued to discuss how Facebook is taking even more steps to censor freedom of speech https://t.co/gYz2RtXlNF pic.twitter.com/c9FqgKVtBe
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
Further communications show that Facebook is “increasing the strength of our demotions for COVID and vaccine-related content that third party fact checkers rate as ‘Partly False’ or ‘Missing Context.’
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
That content will now be demoted at the same strength that we demote any content on our platform rated ‘False.’”
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
Twitter scheduled a meeting to debrief top White House Officials on “vaccine misinformation.” pic.twitter.com/KmYPMlCk8l
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
There are several instances where Facebook wouldn’t proceed with censoring freedom of speech on their platform until they had input, or a “debunking” from the CDC. Twitter followed the same course in at least one email. pic.twitter.com/9alXrgvq6P
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
The CDC also proposed a monthly debunking meeting with Facebook to help them censor free speech as well as regular “Be on the Lookout” calls with major social media outlets. pic.twitter.com/oSAjbxbT8b
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
A White House official was even concerned about parody Fauci accounts and coordinated with Facebook to take them down. pic.twitter.com/UJwn6z7BOy
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reached out to Twitter, Google, Meta, and Microsoft following the botched rollout of DHS’ Disinformation Governance Board: pic.twitter.com/b8oS0cjFj3
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
The Deputy Secretary at Treasury sought to connect with social media platforms and influence operations on social media. pic.twitter.com/MZ46VuUw5X
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
This is just the beginning. We’ve beat the Biden Administration in court in this case, and we plan to do it again.
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) September 1, 2022
Here's what we know so far. DOJ identified 45 federal officials who have interacted with social media companies on misinformation. Beyond DOJ, Meta identified 32 additional federal officials including White House Officials who communicated with them, and YouTube identified 11 federal officials including White House Officials who communicated with them, many of whom were not disclosed by DOJ.
This is a vast censorship enterprise, and the American people deserve to see the truth. Here are examples that already prove that federal officials and social media companies are coordinating on censorship, and we're not close to being done yet:
A senior FB official sent an email to the Surgeon General stating, "I know our teams met today to better understand the scope of what the White House expects from us on misinformation going forward." This email chain follows the SG's "misinformation health advisory" in July 2021. Further communications show that Facebook is "increasing the strength of our demotions for COVID and vaccine-related content that third party fact checkers rate as 'Partly False' or 'Missing Context.' That content will now be demoted at the same strength that we demote any content on our platform rated 'False.'"
Twitter scheduled a meeting to debrief top White House Officials on "vaccine misinformation." There are several instances where Facebook wouldn't proceed with censoring freedom of speech on their platform until they had input, or a "debunking" from the CDC. Twitter followed the same course in at least one email.
The CDC also proposed a monthly debunking meeting with Facebook to help them censor free speech as well as regular "Be on the Lookout" calls with major social media outlets.
A White House official was even concerned about parody Fauci accounts and coordinated with Facebook to take them down.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reached out to Twitter, Google, Meta, and Microsoft following the botched rollout of DHS' Disinformation Governance Board: The Deputy Secretary at Treasury sought to connect with social media platforms and influence operations on social media.
This is just the beginning. We've beat the Biden Administration in court in this case, and we plan to do it again. Missouri and Louisiana will continue to fight to get to the bottom of this alleged collusion and expose the suppression of freedom of speech by social media giants at the behest of top-ranking government officials.
Translation: The govt reminded social media it was their job to regulate content on their sites that is not covered by Section 230 or 1A such as violence, misinformation, & disinformation, because the social media companies in a time of great need were not being responsible!
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