I had wondered why Missouri and Louisiana had spent a fair amount of time in their complaint arguing that the government used threats via section 230 to get these companies to comply. They provided numerous examples. I suspect with more discovery they will find more concrete proof that social media companies were coerced to comply and didn’t act completely on their own. One such example is the email chain regarding Alex Berenson. There was no violation, and Twitter banned him at FG direction

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This just makes me angry. The FG is all to happy to throw social media companies under the bus and absolve themselves of any responsibility, but everyone knows what they are doing and have done is an unconscionable abuse of the Constitutional rights of American citizens. Also, just because they were censoring on their own, doesn’t mean that it was right, and doesn’t mean that the government should organize itself into a corporate-fascist arrangement with them. Our government is sick.

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The FG, ironically or unironically, is worried that the relied sought in the case would “gag” federal officials from conspiring with social media companies to combat what THEY call “Mis, Dis, and Malinformation.” The lack of self awareness is truly stunning to behold. Think about this case. Think about what they are saying here.

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Ok, we are about to get into it here. I am not an attorney, but I can rebut each and every point the FG is about to attempt to make in regards to censorship of “misinformation.” This is where I start to really seethe inside, because much of what they cite is actually TRUTH and never was misinformation, but even if it WAS, shouldn’t be removed. The government defers back to “T&C” of platforms and how people accept those before they can actually post. I have more to add on this— next post.

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First, the initial citation they make was brought to the fore to protect children from SEXUAL CONTENT and pornography and exploitation. Not to create a state sponsored ministry of truth. Second, terns and conditions are governed by big tech IN CONCERT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. I am hoping that in discovery the attorney’s will grab up any and all correspondence between social media companies and the government when they drafted their TOS- OR when they CHANGED them during COVID. Google, for example.

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When COVID hit, and we were helping to save lives while spreading information about early treatment, a flurry of emails went back and forth between social media companies and the government. In return, the social media companies began censoring certain information regarding early treatment. Same thing with election integrity. I had an interview on YouTube I had recorded with a SITTING STATE SENATOR, and they gave me a strike for “misinformation”. It’s ludicrous.

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Add to that, the fact that the major apps stores that handle 99.9% of all apps any human can place on their mobile device or tablet REQUIRE INDEPENDENT DEVELOPERS to adhere to certain Terms of Service— the same ones they crafted with the government!!!—(I’m sure @DevinNunes can attest to this) and you have a censorship monopoly. For the FG to even be GOING HERE in this filing is despicable. I can’t wait to read the answer.

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It likely isn’t wise for the FG to be including FACEBOOK efforts to clean up what it terms “misinformation” before the 2020 election, given that FACEBOOK MONEY literally came in to interfere in the 2020 election. Thank goodness the judge in this case is likely going to deny this motion, especially after the states respond. I really hope that they will include some of what I am talking about here.

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They keep hammering home how social media companies were doing this before, ya know, to keep misinformation from spreading and all, and how effective they were at it. Their argument is that it wasn’t THEM actually physically removing people are making the decision, but the companies themselves. The problem they have, is that the initial expedited discovery has already PROVEN that they were involved. The judge has said as much.

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*Side note: Usually a filing is capped at a certain number of pages, and you need to ask permission from the judge to be able to file more. All of the attorneys I have spoken to, the rule is typically NOT to exceed those pages, because if you need more, your argument likely isn’t strong unless you have tons of evidence you need to show.

This is too long. There isn’t a lot by way of concrete “evidence” but there is a lot of finger pointing at various platforms and shady quasi-denials.

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They go on to talk about how social media companies, like YouTube and Twitter, have taken steps to censor information about COVID and vaccines that goes against the narrative. I find it interesting they chose NOT to talk about how they removed posts about the masks that never worked. Whoops!

“YouTube further stated that, “[i]n October 2020, [it] expanded [its] COVID-19 medical misinformation policy to remove content about vaccines that contradicts consensus from health authorities.”

ORWELLIAN

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Global Communism. Thats what ‘globalism’ is: enslavement of the world, under a select few ‘elites’.

NEW - Klaus Schwab says China is a "role model for many countries" and proclaims a "systemic transformation of the world" on Chinese state television.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyFLcavOJ4

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JUST IN - Elon Musk asks Twitter users if the platform should offer a "general amnesty" for previously suspended accounts.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595473875847942146

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“It wasn’t just us! The Trump admin did it too!!”

Let’s unpack this one. First, who cares? What’s wrong is wrong is wrong. Second? Arguably most of the government was still under the control of the unelected authoritarian tyrants who are running things today and are responsible for weaponizing everything - including the justice system - to get their way. Just because a Republican admin had sectors that were also engaging in terrible policy, doesn’t mean anyone thinks it was right.

@TracyBeanzOfficial

This “what-about-ism” doesn’t hold water here. While it is true that the Biden administration has been absolutely IN YOUR FACE tyrannical about this and others operated more discreetly, doesn’t mean it was any better before, it just means they are more brazen and dont care what we think- hence the ease with which this lawsuit has been filed and steps have been taken to try to mitigate this in the courts. The entire government under Trump was weaponized against his policies.

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Now they start to try to claim that all they did was “issue guidance” and “make recommendations.” The issue is that the early discovery belies their point. Again, I ask you to take a look at Berenson, specifically. Remember, he WON a lawsuit against Twitter for this very thing. He was specifically targeted by the gov. Twitter said he hadn’t broken any rules. Then, at THE BEHEST AND DIRECTION of the government and their pressure, THEY BANNED HIM. Twitter SETTLED and allowed him back. (Cont)

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