The era when freedom of speech is an agreed way of discourse is over, at least in the eyes of Democrats who have no problem with censorship, even if it means that the truth is lost in the cleansing of information.
A new poll Pew Research Center Show that two-thirds of Democrats can accept online restrictions on what you can and cannot say through social media posts, whether through technology companies or government restrictions. Damn the First Amendment. However, Republicans are more firmly convinced that freedom of speech should be protected, even if it means saying false information:
Since 2018, partisan disagreements about the government’s role in resolving online misinformation have emerged. Three years ago, about six in ten people in each party alliance—60% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents and 57% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning people — agreed with the freedom of information response. Take precedence over the government’s measures to limit false information online. Today, 70% of Republicans say that these freedoms should be protected, even if it means publishing some false information. On the contrary, almost as many Democrats (65%) said that the government should take measures to limit false information, even if it means restricting freedom of information.
Partisan views on whether technology companies should take such measures are also increasingly divided. Now, about three-quarters of Democrats (76%) say that even at the risk of restricting freedom of information, technology companies should take steps to limit false information online. The majority of Republicans (61%) expressed the opposite view-these freedoms should be protected, even if it means that false information can be posted online. In 2018, although most Democrats still support the actions of technology companies, the relationship between the two parties on this issue has become closer.
Overall, this means that 48% of the population believe that if you tell what they think is “false information,” the government should be able to restrict your speech.
As According to the Daily Telegraph, The White House has admitted that they are searching through social media and flagging posts that they think are “problematic”, and then work with social media companies to close or restrict these accounts or posts.
“We are flagging questionable posts that spread false information for Facebook,” Jen Psaki said just last month.
Please remember that what the government considers “problematic” may not actually be false information, but information it considers to be “misinformation.”The social media company has given examples of what it believes to be misinformation, and has banned and suspended those Use biological sex to refer to transgender people.
Social media companies even suspended Republican politicians on the grounds of “misinformation.”Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul is Pause on Facebook Although they have never violated their terms of service simply by stating that Trump had never called for violence before January 6. YouTube pause His son, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, discussed the science behind wearing a mask with a Newsmax reporter.
Both of these topics are not conducive to the Democratic Party’s narrative, so even though the content of their discussions is in full compliance with the facts, these posts have to be published.
This means that the Democratic Party does not care about the truth, but only cares about the survival and health of the party’s narrative.
It is wise to start to treat the term “false information” as a buzzword, which translates more as “inconvenient for Democrats.” It is obviously not a synonym for false information. If it does not interfere with the narrative, false information is very popular on social media platforms and Democratic circles. When a fact becomes inconvenient, it must disappear, as does the person or group that speaks it.
