Mollie Hemingway: ‘Federal and State Governments Fund and Promote Censorship … They Direct Big Tech Companies to Censor American Speech and Debate’

HEMINGWAY For freedom of ░░░░░░░░ to mean anything beyond ░░░░░░░░ theoretical we must actively ░░░░░░░░ it President John F ░░░░░░░░ said people should be ░░░░░░░░ to confront unpleasant facts ░░░░░░░░ ideas alien philosophies and ░░░░░░░░ values He said a ░░░░░░░░ afraid to let its ░░░░░░░░ judge truth and falsehood ░░░░░░░░ an open market is ░░░░░░░░ nation afraid of its ░░░░░░░░ Unfortunately the right to ░░░░░░░░ speech has been under ░░░░░░░░ attack in the last ░░░░░░░░ than at any other ░░░░░░░░ in our nation s ░░░░░░░░ The tentacles of the ░░░░░░░░ industrial complex are choking ░░░░░░░░ freedom of expression debate ░░░░░░░░ the right to criticize ░░░░░░░░ institutions such as corporate ░░░░░░░░ and the government Federal ░░░░░░░░ state governments fund and ░░░░░░░░ censorship and blacklisting technology ░░░░░░░░ direct Big Tech companies ░░░░░░░░ censor American speech and ░░░░░░░░ Academic institutions such as ░░░░░░░░ and the University of ░░░░░░░░ are given large grants ░░░░░░░░ to defend free speech ░░░░░░░░ to conduct research on ░░░░░░░░ called disinformation for use ░░░░░░░░ the censorship regime Nonprofit ░░░░░░░░ tanks such as the ░░░░░░░░ Institute host so called ░░░░░░░░ seminars to groom journalists ░░░░░░░░ publish pro censorship propaganda ░░░░░░░░ to suppress important stories ░░░░░░░░ as the Hunter Biden ░░░░░░░░ bombshell Nonprofit censorship groups ░░░░░░░░ as the Global Disinformation ░░░░░░░░ and for profit censorship ░░░░░░░░ such as NewsGuard produce ░░░░░░░░ used censorship tools and ░░░░░░░░ to favor left wing ░░░░░░░░ while working to silence ░░░░░░░░ that fight false narratives ░░░░░░░░ free speech and debate ░░░░░░░░ become a massive industry ░░░░░░░░ of it government funded ░░░░░░░░ all of it threatening ░░░░░░░░ free society My publication ░░░░░░░░ Federalist and I have ░░░░░░░░ targets of the censorship ░░░░░░░░ complex In June of ░░░░░░░░ a foreign group with ░░░░░░░░ Orwellian name the Center ░░░░░░░░ Countering Digital Hate engineered ░░░░░░░░ operation to demonetize us ░░░░░░░░ we published a critique ░░░░░░░░ corporate media coverage of ░░░░░░░░ Lives Matter riots The ░░░░░░░░ BLM protests were the ░░░░░░░░ expensive of any civil ░░░░░░░░ in U S history ░░░░░░░░ 2 billion or more ░░░░░░░░ insurance claims Many in ░░░░░░░░ media falsely described the ░░░░░░░░ looting and killings as ░░░░░░░░ or who can forget ░░░░░░░░ peaceful In April 2023 ░░░░░░░░ House subcommittee released a ░░░░░░░░ documenting how Stanford colluded ░░░░░░░░ two governmental entities to ░░░░░░░░ social media companies into ░░░░░░░░ true information jokes satire ░░░░░░░░ reporting and analysis all ░░░░░░░░ which they claimed was ░░░░░░░░ One post flagged for ░░░░░░░░ was Senator Thom Tillis ░░░░░░░░ his supporters for propelling ░░░░░░░░ to victory which they ░░░░░░░░ was inappropriately premature My ░░░░░░░░ Sean Davis and I ░░░░░░░░ victims of this censorship ░░░░░░░░ as was The Federalist ░░░░░░░░ of the censored items ░░░░░░░░ a story about a ░░░░░░░░ appearance in which I ░░░░░░░░ of the media They ░░░░░░░░ they lie they lie ░░░░░░░░ then they lie Gallup ░░░░░░░░ in February that my ░░░░░░░░ is held by 70 ░░░░░░░░ of Americans who say ░░░░░░░░ don t trust corporate ░░░░░░░░ to report news accurately ░░░░░░░░ or fully Blacklists and ░░░░░░░░ tools such as those ░░░░░░░░ by NewsGuard and the ░░░░░░░░ Disinformation Index routinely rate ░░░░░░░░ wing news outlets that ░░░░░░░░ no threat to the ░░░░░░░░ bureaucracy higher than those ░░░░░░░░ challenge prevailing orthodoxies Companies ░░░░░░░░ their lists to boycott ░░░░░░░░ publications and reward others ░░░░░░░░ advertising The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ New York Times routinely ░░░░░░░░ the highest marks Those ░░░░░░░░ won Pulitzers for their ░░░░░░░░ in the Russia collusion ░░░░░░░░ And we have some ░░░░░░░░ in that hoax here ░░░░░░░░ this subcommittee My publication ░░░░░░░░ Federalist exposed that hoax ░░░░░░░░ dogged reporting and investigation ░░░░░░░░ we did with the ░░░░░░░░ s vicious lies against ░░░░░░░░ Brett Kavanaugh We exposed ░░░░░░░░ of the censorship industrial ░░░░░░░░ too even suing the ░░░░░░░░ Department after discovering its ░░░░░░░░ in promoting and marketing ░░░░░░░░ tools that are being ░░░░░░░░ against us even as ░░░░░░░░ sit here today Facing ░░░░░░░░ censorship has been difficult ░░░░░░░░ would have been easy ░░░░░░░░ fold but that s ░░░░░░░░ what censors want to ░░░░░░░░ it impossible to report ░░░░░░░░ truth about their lies ░░░░░░░░ know our voice is ░░░░░░░░ powerful and influential that ░░░░░░░░ can t accomplish their ░░░░░░░░ unless they shut us ░░░░░░░░ They will not succeed ░░░░░░░░ will never stop The ░░░░░░░░ they try to shut ░░░░░░░░ down the harder we ░░░░░░░░ going to work to ░░░░░░░░ open because it s ░░░░░░░░ about us it s ░░░░░░░░ whether we will have ░░░░░░░░ civilization where people are ░░░░░░░░ to say and think ░░░░░░░░ tyrants don t want ░░░░░░░░ to. Thank you.”