The Intercept has a new article out that features leaked government documents showing how big tech firms directly worked with the Department of Homeland Security to censor information. They specifically tried to stifle information on the Afghanistan withdrawal, the COVID-19 virus hoax, the Hunter Biden laptop story and other topics.
Docs show Facebook and Twitter closely collaborating w/ Dept of Homeland Security, FBI to police “disinfo.” Plans to expand censorship on topics like withdrawal from Afghanistan, origins of COVID, info that undermines trust in financial institutions. https://t.co/Zb3zmI1dQF
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) October 31, 2022
FBI agent Laura Dehmlow was in communications w Facebook that led to the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 over the false allegation that it was “disinfo.” This year, she met w/ Twitter/DHS to stress “we need a media infrastructure that is held accountable.” pic.twitter.com/17LqhEyMN0
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) October 31, 2022
Facebook and Twitter created special portals for the government to rapidly request takedowns of content. The portals, along with NGO partners used to censor a wide range of content, including obvious parody accounts and content disagreeing w gov pandemic policy. pic.twitter.com/Jth0WUfXAI
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) October 31, 2022
The emails and documents show close collaboration b/w DHS & private sector. Twitter's Vijaya Gadde (fired by @elonmusk last week) met monthly with DHS to discuss censorship plans. Microsoft exec texted DHS: "Platforms have got to get comfortable with gov't" pic.twitter.com/Z19yLM3miB
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) October 31, 2022
How does DHS justify its evolving mission from countering foreign terror groups to policing domestic "disinfo" on social media? Leaked planning docs show the agency argues false information is a source of radicalization & violence.
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) October 31, 2022
This may be the biggest story of our lives and perhaps one of the most shocking revelations in US History https://t.co/3IlpCxkFQX
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) October 31, 2022
BOMBSHELL REPORT: Leaked Documents reveal DHS plans to INCREASE CENSORSHIP ON MULTIPLE TOPICS including racial justice, The Afghanistan withdrawal, the origin of COVID, vaccine effectiveness, and much more..
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) October 31, 2022
The FBI and DHS were working directly with tech companies to police what information the American people could see during the 2020 election. But if you say it was rigged, you’re a dangerous election denier and if you protested it on J6, you earned a one way ticket to the gulag.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 31, 2022
This thread is chilling.
DHS and FBI engaged in blatant election interference on behalf of Democrats.
Everyone involved should be fired and prosecuted. https://t.co/8Jtl9rUIOE
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 31, 2022
DHS LEAKS: Starting in 2020, DHS began meeting with Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia and more monthly to coordinate "content moderation" effortshttps://t.co/JDUHsC9FvB
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 31, 2022
If you question the COVID-19 vaccine, DHS will target you.
If you question the origin of sars-cov-2, DHS will target you.
If you question the BLM narrative that claims to be “racial justice,” DHS will target you.
Their own documents admit this.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 31, 2022
I am not the least bit surprised by any of this. We already knew that the government was coordinating with social media companies to censor information. This just gives us more of an idea as to the scope of the activities.
This practice is obviously totally illegal and unconstitutional. It’s just a shame nobody follows the Constitution any longer as it was basically abolished during the COVID-19 hoax.
It’s just more information showing how the United States government is totally evil and out of control. This entire horrific system just needs to collapse.
