The same week that Elon Musk buys Twitter, leaked document arise showing the magnitude of the governments involvement of online censorship. There's a great article by the Intercept outlining it, but it is very lengthy. Here are some key takeaways.
- DHS intends to prioritize "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.”
(GREAT, SO NO TALKING ABOUT THE MOST QUESTIONABLE THINGS THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING OR HAS DONE.)
- It was discovered that Facebook created a special portal for DHS and government partners to report disinformation directly. (INSANE, BUT NOT SURPRISING AT ALL LOL)
- According to The Intercept, DHS, the FBI, and several media entities are having biweekly meetings as recently as August 2022.
- DHS considered countering disinformation relating to content that undermines trust in financial systems and courts.
(THIS ONE REALLY BOTHERS ME, BECAUSE IT CAN MEAN ANYTHING RELATED TO FINANCE)
Of course they want people to stop talking about finance, the economy is falling apart because of irrisponsible gov decisions. I saw on Facebook they started putting the little "learn more about xyz" on posts about inflation and the stock market. But it's very concerning that they don't want people to speak about these things. ESPECIALLY with this FedCoin nonsense coming down the pipe.
Let me know if this was informative, the article was huge but these are the cliff notes. Let me know if you want a link to the entire thing!