MSNBC: ‘Of Course’ Election ‘Misinformation’ Is a ‘National Security’ Issue That Should Be Censored

‘One of the core issues here is when and how often and to what degree can a government agency and specifically the White House … can contact the private social media company and put some pressure on to advance their message?’

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CEVALLOS: "Of course, and really one of the core issues here is when and how often and to what degree can a government agency, and specifically the White House or maybe the surgeon general or some other government agency, to what degree can they contact a private social media company and put some pressure on to advance their message? What if it is vaccinations, the importance of vaccinations? And to what degree can there be consequences for the company not doing what the White House wants? Of course, there are exceptions for national security. There are exceptions for threats and other criminal activity. But here, maybe a narrower issue for us to consider in the future is, to what degree can the White House, even if that agenda is for ostensibly public health, to what degree can they engage in a pressure campaign on Facebook, Twitter, other social media companies to advance their message, even if their message is backed up by medicine and science? And then afterwards, perhaps more importantly, what kinds of consequences can they imply or otherwise suggest might happen to those who don't listen?"

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