The authors of a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Sunday called out the “relentless, coercive pressure” the White House put on social media companies to censor COVID-19-related information that contradicted the government and mainstream media narrative.
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The authors of a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Sunday called out the “relentless, coercive pressure” the White House put on social media companies to censor COVID-19-related information that contradicted the government and mainstream media narrative.
Jenin Younes and Dr. Aaron Kheriaty detailed key parts of an email exchange between Robert Flaherty, the White House’s director of digital strategy and social media executives.
The emails emerged Jan. 6 in the discovery phase of Missouri v. Biden, a free-speech lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana and four private plaintiffs represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance…
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The emails are the latest in a slew of evidence — made public through lawsuits, Freedom of Information Act requests and the “Twitter files” — that emerged in the last few months exposing “a sprawling censorship regime involving the White House, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and other agencies.”
This included targeting tweets by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman and chief litigation counsel of Children’s Health Defense, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and others… Read full article
