The Biden administration is facing criticism after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said they are “keeping a close eye” on “misinformation” on Twitter, recently acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
“This is something that we’re certainly keeping an eye on,” Jean-Pierre said. “Look, we have always been very clear that when it comes to social media platforms, it is their responsibility to make sure that when it comes to misinformation, when it comes to the hate that we’re seeing, that they take action, that they continue to take action. Again, we’re all keeping a close eye on this.”
She continued, “We’re all monitoring what’s currently occurring. We see it with our own eyes of what you all are reporting and just for ourselves what is happening on Twitter.”
“But again, social media companies have a responsibility to prevent their platforms from being used by any user to incite violence, especially violence directed at individual communities, as we have been seeing, and the president has been very clear on calling that out. He’ll continue to do that, and we’re going to continue to monitor the situation,” she concluded.
In response, commentators on the political right have leveled criticism against Jean-Pierre’s statements.
“That statement sounds ominous and is likely a First Amendment violation in and of itself,” tweeted Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute.
Pundit and former CIA officer Bryan Dean Wright responded, “These are the words of a regime. Not a republic.”
Dave Rubin, the host of The Rubin Report, said on Twitter, “Absolutely insane watching The Machine go after @elonmusk for defending free speech. This whole exchange is kabuki theater, from the ridiculous question by the ‘journalist’ to KJP’s obviously pre-planned response.”
Jean-Pierre’s comments were prompted by Andrea Shalal, senior correspondent for Reuters, who asked the White House press secretary about Twitter becoming a “vector of misinformation.”
“Why are so many people in the media against free speech?” Musk asked in response to Rubin’s tweet. “This is messed up.”
The present Administration could not stop E Musk, so now they are going to go after “Joe Common” if they dare speak out about the government. Sounds like they are determined to take more of our freedom. And where is the Hunter Biden “investigation” at this time?
Anytime we post on any social media platform, freedom of speech does not exist nor apply. This site for example has blocked a few of my posts.
What will happen with Twitter if Elon fails to monitor his content is what happened to 4chan, then 8chan, and now 8kun and that is he will lose his web hosting as he will be in violation of that agreement and it’s content moderation policy. He will then be forced to get hosted on the dark web and Twitter will essentially die.
The Hunter Biden “investigation” is in the same place the Bret Kavanaugh “investigation” went!
Yea, they are keeping close eye on Musk because they want only show information that they approve it, nothing to do with free speech or the good for the people.
President Regan said it best. “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”
We should be very, very afraid and concerned of the government deciding they should be our self appointed “moral police”, our “thought police” and now our “speech police”.
If they’re so concerned about hate speech inciting violence, are they also investigating sites like BLM? Oh wait, of course not. They encourage certain types of violence.
Of course Pervy Joe is going to copy China- he wishes he could operate the same way.
They’ll monitor anti-Democrat talking points. Mis-information aside.
Bawahahahaha the White House monitoring misinformation is a real HOOT, Bawahahahaha 🤣 😂 🤣 that’s all the. Government does put out!! Can you say Gaslighting!!