In light of Psaki’s admission that the White House is flagging posts that “spread disinformation” to Facebook & that the guilty should be banned from all other platforms, do you think our media would vigorously oppose this the way they opposed Singapore’s “online falsehood laws?” 
Because when POFMA - Singapore’s anti-fake news laws - debuted in parliament, pretty much every mainstream media (and Amnesty and Hunan Rights Watch) criticized it.
So why do they recognize the dangers of the govt in cahoots with Big Tech when it comes to foreign countries but
So why do they recognize the dangers of the govt in cahoots with Big Tech when it comes to foreign countries but
Not their own? Why the double standards? Why the inconsistency?
Either this is government overreach and a dramatic curtailing of free expression, or it’s not.
The answer of course, is that they are just partisan hacks with myopic blinders. Their tribe is doing the censoring,
Either this is government overreach and a dramatic curtailing of free expression, or it’s not.
The answer of course, is that they are just partisan hacks with myopic blinders. Their tribe is doing the censoring,
their tribe is the purveyor of truth.
What we need more than ever is principled opposition.
They think they can take one position here and another in a foreign context, and that Americans can’t see the hypocrisy.
Well, we can.
What we need more than ever is principled opposition.
They think they can take one position here and another in a foreign context, and that Americans can’t see the hypocrisy.
Well, we can.
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