⚡️⚡️⚡️Intercept published a high-profile article in the US on how the Biden government used intelligence agencies to impose censorship on the country. Here are the key talking points:
🔹 Behind closed doors, through pressure on private platforms, the US government tried to artificially shape the information space on social media
🔹In March 2022, an FBI official, warned that information on social media could undermine support for the US government. According to records of discussions with Twitter executives, the FBI demanded an "accountable media infrastructure"
🔹There is an algorithm that allows officials to flag content on Facebook or Instagram and request that it be restricted or suppressed through a special Facebook portal that requires emails from government or security officials to use
🔹 According to a draft report document, officials planned to manage "inaccurate information" on a wide range of topics: the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine effectiveness, racial justice, US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the nature of US support for Ukraine
🔹 Technology companies including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Verizon Media are meeting monthly with the FBI to discuss how the firms will handle misinformation
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