{"id":1984338,"date":"2023-07-27T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-biden-white-house-pressured-big-tech-censors-to-remove-vaxx-memes-tucker-carlson-videos\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:21:59","slug":"emails-biden-white-house-pressured-big-tech-censors-to-remove-vaxx-memes-tucker-carlson-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-biden-white-house-pressured-big-tech-censors-to-remove-vaxx-memes-tucker-carlson-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s White House urged Big Tech to delete vaccine memes and Tucker Carlson videos."},"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\">28<\/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%2Femails-biden-white-house-pressured-big-tech-censors-to-remove-vaxx-memes-tucker-carlson-videos%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=1984338&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated,\u2064 his White House\u200c began pressuring censors at Facebook and Instagram to remove Americans\u2019 First Amendment-protected posts if they \u2063contradicted the \u2063regime\u2019s\u200c messaging \u200don Covid, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1684595375875760128?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emails\u2063 uncovered<\/a> by the House\u200b Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The documents\u2064 detailing \u200bthe censorship collusion were only handed over by Facebook after the  committee threatened \u2063to \u201chold Mark Zuckerberg in contempt,\u201d Chairman Jim Jordan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1684595407211347968?s=20\">said<\/a>, \u201cwhich PROVE that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-unprecedented-move-linkedin-censors-uk-based-china-critic\/\" title=\"In Unprecedented Move, LinkedIn Censors UK-Based China Critic\">government pressure<\/a> was directly responsible for \u200ccensorship on\u200b Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-500284057\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-dabe352ee1281c25b1f300424aa32ec4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-dabe352ee1281c25b1f300424aa32ec4\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese documents, AND OTHERS that were \u2063just \u200bproduced to the Committee, prove that the Biden\u2063 Admin abused its powers to coerce Facebook into censoring Americans, preventing free\u200d and open discourse on issues of critical public importance,\u201d Jordan wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1684595405638524929?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The first set\u2063 of emails sent to \u200bCEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg express concern\u2063 that\u2064 \u201cexternal stakeholders, including\u200d the\u2064 [Biden] White \u200dHouse\u201d want Facebook\u2064 to \u201c<em>remove<\/em> more COVID-19 \u200dvaccine discouraging content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed employee who\u2063 penned the email said Facebook\u200c shared \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-biden-white-house-pressured-big-tech-censors-to-remove-vaxx-memes-tucker-carlson-videos\/\" title=\"Biden's White House urged Big Tech to delete vaccine memes and Tucker Carlson videos.\">top 100 vaccine-related posts<\/a> on FB in the U.S.\u201d\u200b between April 5 and April 11, 2021. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile \u2064authoritative information dominated the list, the White House was concerned that\u200c the \u200b#3 post \u2064was \u2062a\u2064 vaccine discouraging humorous meme, and they\u2062 called on us to delete \u200cthe meme,\u201d \u2064the staffer continued. \u2064 <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c6af91527b1202d51e02866155896c31 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c6af91527b1202d51e02866155896c31\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>The meme in question features\u2063 a picture of actor Leonardo Di\u2063 Caprio \u2063pointing to a television screen. \u200bThe caption reads \u201c10 years from \u2064now you will be\u200d watching TV and hear\u2026\u2018Did you or a \u200bloved one take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crazy-dr-fauci-appears-to-be-vaccinated-on-live-tv-then-the-next-day-he-forgets-which-arm-received-the-shot\/\" title=\"Crazy Dr. Fauci Appears to be Vaccinated on Live TV Then the Next Day He Forgets Which Arm Received the Shot\">covid vaccine<\/a>?\u2063 You \u200cmay be\u200d entitled\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another email \u200dfrom Facebook\u2019s President for Global Affairs Nick Clegg to his team confirmed that Biden\u2019s Senior Adviser \u200dAndy Slavitt was \u201coutraged\u201d about\u2062 Facebook\u2019s\u200c hesitancy to remove \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-leaked-documents-reveal-facebooks-research-on-competitors-to-crush\/\" title=\"Report: Leaked Documents Reveal Facebook's Research on Competitors to Crush\">comedic content<\/a>.\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was outraged \u2014 not\u2062 too strong a word to describe his\u2063 reaction \u2014 \u2064that we did not remove this \u200bpost which was \u2062third \u2062most highly\u2063 ranked post in the data set we sent to him,\u201d Clegg warned.\u200c <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Clegg claimed\u200b to have\u200d pushed back on Slavitt by explaining that \u201cremoving content like that would represent a\u2063 significant incision into traditional boundaries of free expression in \u200cthe US.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cc919b01bebd750d47ce4a48c5fe753a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cc919b01bebd750d47ce4a48c5fe753a\"><\/div>\n<p>Slavitt, \u2062however, reiterated \u200cthat content that \u201cdemonstrably inhibits confidence in Covid vaccines amongst those the Biden administration is \u200dtrying to reach\u201d shouldn\u2019t \u200dbe allowed by Big Tech. He reminded Clegg that Covid vaccine skepticism was already banned on platforms like Google\u2019s YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlavitt disregarded \u2064the \u2064warning and the First \u2062Amendment,\u201d Jordan confirmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>After fielding backlash from Biden\u2019s team, Facebook\u2019s Vice President of Public \u2062Policy Brian Rice expressed an urgency to \u201cregroup and take stock of \u2063where we are\u2062 in our relations with the\u2064 [White House], and our internal methods too\u201d after \u2063coming to \u2064\u201ca crossroads\u200d for us with\u2064 the [Biden] White \u200bHouse in\u200d these\u2064 early days.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<p>Behind the scenes,\u2064 Facebook \u200cbegan prepping explanations\u200c it could \u2062offer to the White House about why vaccine-critical\u2064 monologues \u200cfrom \u200cthen-Fox News host \u2063Tucker Carlson \u200bwere only\u200b \u201creduced and demoted\u201d\u2063 instead of banned \u200bcompletely. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video\u200b is receiving 50 percent demotion for\u2064 seven days as it is in\u200b the queue to \u200cbe fact \u2064checked,\u201d the email \u2064states. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/10\/biden-white-house-hounded-facebook-to-censor-tucker-carlson-new-emails-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[RELATED: Biden White House Hounded Facebook To Censor Tucker Carlson, New Emails Show]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While private pressure ramped\u2063 up on Facebook, Jordan noted that the White House\u200d and \u200cother <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/16\/surgeon-general-people-dont-have-a-right-to-spread-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden-led agencies<\/a> launched a public campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/white-house-says-facebooks-steps-stop-vaccine-misinformation-are-inadequate-2021-07-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling for Big Tech to censor dissidents<\/a> just a few months after the incriminating emails were exchanged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>By August, Facebook heads decided to ask its \u200bcensorship team \u2062to \u201cbrainstorm some additional policy \u200dlevers we\u2063 can pull to be more aggressive against .\u200b . . misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u200cis stemming from \u200bthe \u2064continued criticism of our approach from the [Biden] administration,\u201d an Aug. 2, 2021\u200c email states. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Jordan\u2064 said that\u2064 as long as Facebook continues to cooperate with \u2064Republicans\u2019 investigation,\u200b \u201cthe Committee has decided\u200d to hold contempt\u2062 in abeyance. For now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be\u2064 clear, contempt is still on the table and WILL be used if Facebook fails to cooperate in \u200bFULL,\u201d Jordan warned. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Jordan revealed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/660171560\/Jordan-Letter-To-FBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to FBI Director Christopher Wray that the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/20\/fbi-told-twitter-hunter-biden-laptop-was-real-when-new-york-post-story-broke-then-hid-behind-big-tech-censors-disinfo-smear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> to \u2063Twitter that Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was real on the day the New York \u200dPost published its bombshell but then switched its narrative\u200d to \u201cno further comment\u201d and refused to acknowledge the\u200b laptop\u2019s veracity to any other Big Tech\u2063 companies ahead of the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a0942766d857bdeeb0c5c745542cd76b fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a0942766d857bdeeb0c5c745542cd76b\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after President Joe Biden&#8217;s inauguration, his White House pressured Facebook and Instagram censors to delete Americans&#8217; First Amendment-protected posts that contradicted the regime&#8217;s Covid messaging. 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