Casa Branca blacklists and presses Facebook to ban – 07/16/2021 – Nelson de Sá
ksuadminJuly 17, 2021
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The public discourse in the United States went a step further this week, when White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki (below, on ABC) said in passing at a press conference Thursday, confirming Politico news:
“We report problematic posts on Facebook that spread disinformation.”
It was a seemingly common measure, to respond to the virtual suspension of vaccination at a level below the target announced by Joe Biden. But the targets, as Politico had argued, were “conservative opponents”. And it is not just the Conservatives who have reacted.
The immediate response came from journalists on the Substack platform, starting with Matt Taibbi, accusing the government of “turning Facebook into Stars and Stripes,” the Pentagon newspaper.