{"id":594158,"date":"2021-07-16T18:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=594158"},"modified":"2021-07-16T18:06:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:06:17","slug":"biden-administration-plans-to-monitor-texts-social-media-posts-for-covid-19-vaccine-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-plans-to-monitor-texts-social-media-posts-for-covid-19-vaccine-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden. administration plans to monitor texts, social media posts for COVID-19 vaccine disinformation"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-administration-plans-to-monitor-texts-social-media-posts-for-covid-19-vaccine-disinformation%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=594158&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 id=\"attachment_2458881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2458881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:01 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The White House announced their efforts with Facebook to take aggressive action on problematic social media posts. The administration said they would work to flag and censor anything they deemed to be disinformation about COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced his advisory on the dangers of health misinformation, which he called a \u201cpublic health threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Rockefeller Foundation is announcing a 13.5 million dollar commitment to counter health misinformation,\u201d he announced \u201cThe digital public library of America is announcing that they will convene a set of librarians, scholars, journalists and civic leaders to confront health misinformation together.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surgeon_General?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Surgeon_General<\/a> classified health misinformation as a public health crisis. We agree. That\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockefellerFdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RockefellerFdn<\/a> is committing $13.5M to fight back against global <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a> vaccine mis- and disinformation. Read about our commitment: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vk58nSdf04\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vk58nSdf04<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YJYSv33vmR\">https:\/\/t.co\/YJYSv33vmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Bruce Gellin (@DrBGellin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrBGellin\/status\/1415779850783281162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murthy called on tech companies to ramp up their efforts to monitor Americans and stop so-called misinformation \u201csuper-spreaders\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect more from our technology companies,\u201d he asserted. \u201cWe\u2019re asking them to operate with greater transparency and accountability. We are asking them to monitor misinformation more closely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media companies have been recommended by the administration to reduce the number of shares a post deemed false could receive. During a press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki asserted Facebook should utilize their algorithm process to promote what they believe to be true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve increased disinformation research and tracking within the Surgeon General\u2019s office,\u201d she stated. \u201c\u2026We are also investing, as you all have seen, in the president\u2019s, the vice president\u2019s and Dr. Fauci\u2019s time in meeting with influencers who also have large reaches to a lot of these target audiences who can spread and share accurate information.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We must safeguard the freedom of speech by protecting social media users from being censored by Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why making censorship illegal is an emergency item for this Special Session.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBryanHughes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenBryanHughes<\/a> for leading on this issue.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1414615107875844098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Psaki claimed there were 12 people who have provided 65 percent of vaccine misinformation online, which has drowned out other voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are also proposed changes we have made to social media platforms, including Facebook and those specifically, are four key steps,\u201d she expressed. \u201cOne, that they measure and publicly share the impact of misinformation on their platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other steps include platforms enforcing rules as well as removing posts. These censoring measures come on the heels of Biden\u2019s door-to-door campaign to increase vaccination rates in hesitant areas.<\/p>\n<p>Of the many Republicans opposing the efforts, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) said \u201ca South Carolinian\u2019s decision to get vaccinated is a personal one for them to make and not the government\u2019s.\u201d He asserted pressuring people to get the vaccine was a bad policy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A South Carolinian\u2019s decision to get vaccinated is a personal one for them to make. Enticing, coercing, intimidating, mandating, or pressuring anyone to take the vaccine is a bad policy which will deteriorate the public\u2019s trust and confidence in the State\u2019s vaccination efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrymcmaster\/status\/1413510293951442956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Democratic National Committee, an ally to Biden, reportedly made plans to work with SMS carriers to monitor text messages and dispel misinformation about vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you send a text message to a friend or to a family member or to who ever and it includes whatever they deem as misinformation that somehow you\u2019re going to get a message on your phone from the government,\u201d David Rubin of the Rubin Report expressed. \u201cThat\u2019s going to be in cahoots with the Democratic National Committee. What is going on here and who\u2019s going to decide what misinformation is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, many critics call these plans an authoritarian form of spying that infringes on the first amendment.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sens-hawley-graham-urge-judiciary-committee-hold-hearing-on-border-crisis\/\">Sens. Hawley, Graham Urge Judiciary Committee Hold Hearing On Border Crisis<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. 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