{"id":1658778,"date":"2022-09-26T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1658778"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:50:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:50:54","slug":"wisconsin-senator-documents-big-tech-rigging-the-2022-election-against-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-senator-documents-big-tech-rigging-the-2022-election-against-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Senator Documents Big Tech Rigging The 2022 Election Against Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-senator-documents-big-tech-rigging-the-2022-election-against-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1658778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Fed up with the repeated censorship of his work, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/services\/files\/24293888-95D8-4F5D-9670-E9380CAF1789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki demanding the Big Tech company answer for its deliberate attempts to silence him online. <\/p>\n<p>For more than a year, YouTube censors have suppressed, banned, and limited content from Johnson and his team. These attempts to limit Johnson\u2019s reach aren\u2019t just censorship, they are blatant meddling in Johnson\u2019s reelection chances.<\/p>\n<p>Big Tech\u2019s efforts to subdue Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/31\/ron-johnson-is-the-lefts-no-1-midterm-target-because-he-hits-swamp-elites-where-it-hurts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rigorous commitment to exposing the truth<\/a> are joined by corporate media and Democrats, both of which are working to ensure that the Wisconsin Republican is replaced by a radical Democrat this fall. <\/p>\n<p>Knowledge about Johnson\u2019s work in the Senate is key to his reelection chances but if Big Tech\u2019s track record suggests anything, there\u2019s nothing stopping companies like YouTube from privately limiting key information voters need to formulate an opinion about Johnson and his opponent.<\/p>\n<p>As Johnson documents in his letter, Big Tech was more than willing to publicly blacklist the senator over discussions about Covid-19, early treatments, the jab, and the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouTube has displayed a troubling track record of censoring a sitting United States Senator, the proceedings of the United States Senate, journalists that interview me, and the display of data that is entirely generated from U.S. government health agencies,\u201d Johnson explained. He demanded that Google-owned YouTube cough up documents by Oct. 5 related to the company\u2019s long history of hiding Johnson\u2019s work from the public.<\/p>\n<p>At the behest of Democrat-controlled federal agencies, YouTube wielded its censorship power against Johnson during crucial moments. That included <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/11\/youtube-bans-sen-ron-johnson-for-discussing-early-treatment-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banning<\/a> him from uploading new content for days at a time. <\/p>\n<p>In January 2021, YouTube denied Americans the right to explore questions about early Covid-19 treatments by removing footage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/28\/youtube-nuked-two-videos-of-a-senate-hearing-on-covid-19-treatments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Senate\u00a0Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing<\/a> from the senator\u2019s YouTube page. Days later, YouTube took down the same video, which garnered nearly 8 million views, from a Fox News YouTube channel. <\/p>\n<p>YouTube justified the censorship <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/28\/youtube-nuked-two-videos-of-a-senate-hearing-on-covid-19-treatments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to The Federalist<\/a> by claiming the video was \u201cremoved for violating our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/9891785?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 misinformation policy<\/a>,\u201d something the company admitted it developed to comply with demands from unelected government employees. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, YouTube removed yet another HSGAC hearing from Johnson\u2019s page. That time, Johnson says, YouTube claimed the clip featuring a congressional discussion on public record about election integrity and laws \u201calleges widespread fraud or errors that changed the outcome of the 2020 US Presidential Election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video was uploaded on December 20, 2020, meaning YouTube waited nearly a year to remove the video,\u201d Johnson noted in his letter.<\/p>\n<p>Just one month later, YouTube personalized its vendetta by suspending Johnson\u2019s account over a Covid-19 roundtable he hosted. In it, several highly credentialed, world-recognized medical experts \u201cdiscussed the importance of natural immunity, heard stories on the disastrous consequences of vaccine mandates, highlighted the lack of transparency from the federal health agencies, and gave a voice to the vaccine injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other things Big Tech didn\u2019t want Americans to know about Johnson included his interview about vaccine mandates and \u201cthe FDA\u2019s rushed approval of the vaccination for children\u201d with Wisconsin talk show host Dan O\u2019Donnell and his speech at the Milwaukee Press Club newsmaker luncheon about how \u201civermectin and hydroxychloroquine are both safe and effective drugs.\u201d YouTube didn\u2019t just penalize Johnson for those comments but also extended its suspensions to O\u2019Donnell, who posted the relevant interview on his website. <\/p>\n<p>YouTube\u2019s interference with election outcomes by manipulating public opinion is not lost on Americans searching for answers about Covid and election integrity, nor on Johnson. In fact, his letter shows how Big Tech censorship is consistently brandished against facts that might lead people to vote for Republicans, and not against facts that would lead to voting for Democrats. It\u2019s likely not a coincidence that a major lawsuit recently exposed the Democrat-run White House has been secretly telling companies including Twitter, Google, and Facebook specific information to hide from Americans. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why, during a recent HSGAC hearing, Johnson asked why Democrats\u2019 false statements were never flagged as \u201cmisinformation.\u201d President Joe Biden has repeatedly lied that you can\u2019t get the virus, be hospitalized, or die from Covid if you\u2019re vaccinated but he\u2019s faced no punishment from social media moderators. Big Tech execs from YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook, however, never \u201ceven attempted to answer\u201d acknowledge Johnson\u2019s inquiry. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho do you think you are to censor information from eminently qualified doctors who had the courage and compassion to treat Covid patients?\u201d Johnson asked during the hearing. \u201cYou guys bear a fair amount of responsibility for hundreds of thousands of people not being treated \u2014 and I would say probably dying, that didn\u2019t have to die. Hope you\u2019re proud of yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"VE9KFagrCG3BvUb7z5\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden lied to the American public about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I asked big tech execs if they ever removed his false statements or labeled it \u201cmisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their response: \ud83e\udd97\ud83e\udd97\ud83e\udd97     <\/p>\n<p>Corruption at its finest. They should be ashamed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3HHJ0NlfHH\">pic.twitter.com\/3HHJ0NlfHH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRonJohnson\/status\/1570474213407850498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Big Tech\u2019s acts of information suppression against Johnson aren\u2019t just concerning, they are deliberate election meddling. Controlling what voters can learn about issues of public importance and candidates\u2019 stances on them is a way of controlling election outcomes. <\/p>\n<p>When voters don\u2019t have access to the full story, they can\u2019t make an informed choice. They believe they are choosing, but if Big Tech controls what messages people can read, voters\u2019 choices are predetermined by these huge companies that obey a Democrat-controlled White House and federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s reelection bid this November is reportedly tight. No one knows how tight it would be if Big Tech wasn\u2019t controlling what Wisconsin voters are allowed to learn about his record \u2014 and his opponent. And that\u2019s a huge problem.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fed up with the repeated censorship of his work, Wisconsin Republican Sen. 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