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[Official] Censorship from governmental actors thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, May 28, 2021.

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  1. Os Trigonum

    Os Trigonum Okogie Only Fan
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    I put on my lemon juice this morning, I'm invisible

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    #361 Os Trigonum, Sep 23, 2025
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    Although Facebook took various actions with regard to social media posts by Hines and her group, including restricting her account after she posted an article about increased rates of myocarditis in teenagers who received the COVID-19 vaccine, Barrett acknowledged, “Facebook was targeting her pages before almost all of its communications with the White House and the CDC, which weakens the inference that her subsequent restrictions are likely traceable to ‘government-coerced enforcement’ of Facebook’s policies.”

    https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/...influence-on-social-media-content-moderation/

    Again MAGATs the suprme court already ruled the Biden admin did not pressure the companies with any consequences or they did not force any sort of behavior change.

    Your opinion alongside the other MAGAT @Os Trigonum dont matter. The facts are the only thing thats important
     
    #362 astros123, Sep 23, 2025
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    That SCOTUS case is only loosely related to the issue at hand... and SCOTUS said that the plaintiff didn't have standing. This is GOOGLE, not FACEBOOK that we are talking about. So many mistakes with your post and logic...

    Oh, and Google admitted that they were pressured to ban/cancel conservatives. They admitted it to the House Judiciary Committee. That ends your argument completely. And your argument was only tangentially related to begin with.


    CLEAN WIN -- EL_CONQUISTADOR
     
    #363 El_Conquistador, Sep 23, 2025
  4. astros123

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    The court ruled they had no standing because they could not show any damages that they occurred from the admin. The court could not find any instances in which the admin forced them to change behavior. Nothing

    Why the **** do i care what Google lawyer have to say? Meta's lawyers claimed they didnt sell private information to advertisers and then we learned about Cambridge analytics. I dont give a damn what corporate lawyers have to say.

    Do you sincerely have down syndrome or some learning disability? What in the hell did you win? You havnt proved anything . Clown
     
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    Isn't it obvious you have to have some sort of mental disability to be a MAGAt?
     
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    Alright I got a little story

    I'm 16, talking to my moms boyfriend. To preface him, successful business person, took care of his body, dressed well, well spoken, just an all round ver respectable and well put together person.

    We're talking about acne, I had it bad, he had it bad when he was a teen. He tells me "When I was in school another kid gave me a tip, it worked for me, maybe it could work for you... try washing your face with your urine, I would do it in the shower, I think it really helped me"

    I was in complete shock, and responded to him "You know he was probably ****ing with you right? Like hey kid rub piss in your face" and his face dropped and I could tell he had never considered that once in his life.
     
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  7. Os Trigonum

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    the full letter from Google's legal representation is here:

    https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/e...o-media-document/2025-09-23-letter-to-hjc.pdf

    excerpt:

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    more at the link
     
    #367 Os Trigonum, Sep 23, 2025
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    In a court of law when you actually have to prove your allegations googles lawyers weren't able to provide a single shred of evidence that showed anyone from the biden pressured them to do anything.

    Google lawyers know that the people reading the letter are low iq partisan losers @Os Trigonum who wont ask for evidence so why not make up claims to bring you goodwill lol.
     
    #368 astros123, Sep 23, 2025
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    #369 Os Trigonum, Sep 23, 2025
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    Jim jordan who has received millions of dollars of donations from Big tech and is in their pocketbook lol. Every day the right wingers on these forums show the world just how utterly stupid they are.

    Big tech lawyers failed to prove in a court of law any suppression or harm they suffered from the Biden admin. They play you like a fiddle cuz they know youre an idiot
     
    #370 astros123, Sep 23, 2025
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    https://www.wsj.com/opinion/google-...9?st=tjvJuH&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

    When the Left Censored Speech
    Google admits that Biden officials pressed it to silence Covid critics.
    By The Editorial Board
    Sept. 24, 2025 5:44 pm ET

    The outrage flowed righteously on the left when the Trump Administration pressured private companies to suspend anti-Trump TV host Jimmy Kimmel. But there was far less media attention when Google said Tuesday that it will reinstate YouTube accounts that it had banned under pressure from the Biden Administration.

    In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, a lawyer for Google parent Alphabet disclosed that senior Biden Administration officials “conducted repeated and sustained outreach to Alphabet and pressed the company regarding certain user generated content related to the COVID-19 pandemic that did not violate its policies.”

    Administration officials, including Joe Biden, “created a political atmosphere that sought to influence the actions of platforms based on their concerns regarding misinformation,” the letter said. Alphabet added, in something of a mea not-so-maxima culpa, that “it is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden administration, attempts to dictate how the company moderates content.”

    Pressuring private social-media companies to crack down on views the government doesn’t like is much like the pass-through censorship that shut down Jimmy Kimmel. The left’s conviction that Covid “science” about preventive measures was a inviolable truth doesn’t excuse the coercion.

    The Biden arm-twisting was in one sense more insidious because it stayed out of public view. Perhaps the White House had a guilty conscience, though more likely it didn’t want voters to know. Nor does the fact that some big tech companies may have been happy to shut down Covid content at the request of their ideological allies in the White House soften the abuse of power.

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote his own letter to Mr. Jordan and the Judiciary Committee in August 2024, admitting that the Biden Administration “repeatedly pressured” Facebook to shut down “certain COVID-19 content including humor and satire.” Mr. Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan that Biden officials “would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse” to get them to take down information.

    A 2023 Judiciary Committee staff report noted that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) had also “facilitated the censorship of Americans directly and through third-party intermediaries.” By 2020 CISA was flagging posts for “disinformation.” After a lawsuit was filed, the report notes, the content moderation was transferred to a CISA-funded nonprofit to evade the federal censorship rap.

    That Mr. Trump is more open about trying to stifle his opponents is no absolution. But his critics on the left haven’t had a moment of public reflection about their own censorship. Progressives intimidated companies into believing that if they failed to toe the line on certain issues, enforcement could follow.

    Alphabet’s letter to Judiciary is notable for its commitment that the company “has not and will not empower fact checkers to take action on or label content across the Company’s services.” That’s good to hear, but Google would have done better if its accounting had come before the electoral winds shifted. The company’s letter is an admirable statement of principles. Let’s hope it sticks.

    Appeared in the September 25, 2025, print edition as 'When the Left Censored Speech'.


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    Seems like a violation of first amendment, but not certain as it might well fall into under the fire in a crowded theater realm.
     
    #372 FranchiseBlade, Sep 24, 2025
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    The suprme court already reviewed the social media "censorship" suit last year and ruled 6-3 that the Biden admin did not participate in any censorship cuz they never threatened any consequences or any punishment if the companies did not follow through.

    The social media companies know they cant win in court so why not spin conspiracies to RW media so you can buy goodwill from the admin at a time theyre deep under water.

    Its just amazing how everyone plays the right as morons in America. Feed them whatever and they'll buy it
     
    #373 astros123, Sep 24, 2025
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