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| Censorship by surrogate: The EU |
| 2022-12-04 |
| The implications of these documents becomes more serious once the Biden campaign became the Biden administration. These documents show a back channel existed with President Biden’s campaign officials, but those same back channels appear to have continued to be used by Biden administration officials. If so, that would be when Twitter may have gone from a campaign ally to a surrogate for state censorship. As I have previously written, the administration cannot censor critics and cannot use agents for that purpose under the First Amendment. That is precisely what Musk is now alleging. As the documents were being released, he tweeted, "Twitter acting by itself to suppress free speech is not a 1st amendment violation, but acting under orders from the government to suppress free speech, with no judicial review, is." The incoming Republican House majority has pledged to investigate — and Musk has made that process far easier by making good on his pledge of full transparency. Washington has fully mobilized in its all-out war against Musk. Yet, with a record number of users signing up with Twitter, it seems clear the public is not buying censorship. They want more, not less, free speech. That may be why political figures such as Hillary Clinton have enlisted foreign governments to compel the censoring of fellow citizens: If Twitter can’t be counted on to censor, perhaps the European Union will be the ideal surrogate to rid social media of these meddlesome posters. The release of these documents has produced a level of exposure rarely seen in Washington, where such matters usually are simply "handled." The political and media establishments generally are unstoppable forces — but they may have met their first immovable object in Musk. Jonathan Turley |
| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #3 /\ As long as he doesn't have any dirt on Hillary! he's okay. |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-12-04 13:43 |
| #2 /\ Yes, I am afraid he has most unfortunately, moved to the very top of the list. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-04 12:55 |
| #1 Musk is in real danger now and he may very well be assassinated soon. This is a real challenge to the power of the deep state. Just imagine if we could see their real documents, the ones that can't be read by a new owner. |
| Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-04 12:39 |