Well, okay. I hope that’s true. Sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. Especially with people going to prison for writing memes that the Democrats don’t like.
But let’s say it’s a start.
“The arguments strike at the heart of an unsettled question in modern American political life: In a world of unlimited online communications, in which anyone can reach huge numbers of people with unverified and false information, where is the line between protecting democracy and trampling on the right to free speech?”
Apparently the NYT doesn’t understand that the 1st amendment isn’t just for their misinformation. Funny thing is the description, “reach huge numbers of people with unverified and false information” sounds like a Joe Biden press conference.
“Even before the court rules, Mr. Trump’s allies have succeeded in paralyzing the Biden administration and the network of researchers who monitor disinformation.
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department continue to monitor foreign disinformation, but the government has suspended virtually all cooperation with the social media platforms to address posts that originate in the United States.
“There’s just a chilling effect on all of this,” said Nina Jankowicz, a researcher who in 2022 briefly served as the executive director of a short-lived D.H.S. advisory board on disinformation. “Nobody wants to be caught up in it.””
Aww, what a shame! I guess we’re supposed to feel bad because Jankowicz’s Ministry of Truth got shut down.
So good. If the effort to censure free speech about the Democrats has failed let’s raise a cheer. But it’s a little early to declare victory. After all the TikTok law is being rolled out to take over any internet business they don’t like.
The New York Times was quite happy to censure disinformation like:
Misinformation for me but not for thee!
There is a case before SCOTUS about a grandmother who ran for city council on a platform of removing the city manager. When she attended a council meeting she was arrested. The ability to criticize elected and appointed officials is the bedrock of the First Amendment, although Democrats think being free to criticize government belongs to them and noone else.
It seems to me impossible for us not to find out if we’ve already lost the country. In the world of even just a few years ago no president that had as miserable a record as Joe Biden does would ever stand a chance of re-election. If he is re-elected or if even another Democrat is given his spot then we are beyond reclaiming this country by elections. By every objective measure the United States is declining into at best a third rate nation. If this is what the people want or even if this is what the powers that… Read more »