Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation::Justices said the Biden Administration could continue to pressure social media firms over misleading content while a lawsuit progresses.
Obviously whoever is going to make the decision on what is “misinformation” and what’s not, has always been right… and can never, ever, ever have ulterior motives.
All good. Nothing to see here.
USA was built on ulterior motives so there’s nothing new. WMDs, genocide and false propaganda are all on the table. It just depends if the country allies with US interests. Saudi Arabia? free to use slaves, anyone else? they’re going to feel what freedom feels like. War crimes? You ain’t seen nothing yet, my boy…
So what exactly do they define as “misinformation”?
Demonstrably false foreign propaganda? Lies about the time, place, and results of elections? Medical advice that can be lethal if followed?
Don’t forget revenge porn, which was already illegal but gets Republicans really mad when it’s of Hunter Biden but also taken down.
It’s not “revenge porn” if the images have already been leaked. Just like it’s not espionage to report on information already leaked.
You can say the same thing about any government power. Or about government just existing. Or about human beings just existing.
Denying people the opportunity to act in bad faith isn’t a strategy, not even a bad one.
In general, if you think that the government should have a new or increased power (in this case deciding the “truth” of what people say online) you must consider how this power will be used when a government you do not agree with is eventually elected. They will still have that power, so how do you think they will use it?
Really important both with the Gaza situation and the upcoming election
They’re already lying about Gaza:
White House clarifies Biden’s claim he saw photos of terrorists beheading children in Israel-Hamas war
The “clarification” of course is that he lied about seeing the pictures.
In fact, no one has seen them.
My main issue is the US considers Israel bad misinformation
