{"id":597062,"date":"2021-07-19T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=597062"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:51:05","slug":"blackburn-demands-biden-answer-5-questions-about-coordination-with-big-tech-to-censor-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-demands-biden-answer-5-questions-about-coordination-with-big-tech-to-censor-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Demands Biden Answer 5 Questions About \u2018Coordination With Big Tech To Censor Americans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fblackburn-demands-biden-answer-5-questions-about-coordination-with-big-tech-to-censor-americans%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=597062&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Blackburn.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn (TN) is demanding the Biden Administration answer five questions about the administration\u2019s apparent attempt to coordinate with Big Tech platforms like Facebook to censor Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn wants to know the administration\u2019s criteria for allegedly directing Big Tech to flag or remove posts or ban users. The Republican also questioned the infamous list of 12 social media users allegedly pushing vaccine \u201cmisinformation,\u201d which White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki brushed off by noting that these accounts are \u201cpublic.\u201d Blackburn also pressed about the administration\u2019s \u201clegal basis\u201d for such apparent action and if there are any \u201cdedicated\u201d staffers for this process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew: [Marsha Blackburn] demands Biden White House answer these five questions about their \u2018coordination with Big Tech to censor Americans,&#8217;\u201d reported Philip Wegmann. Here are the five questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>What criteria are you directing social media platforms to use to flag and remove posts?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What criteria are you directing social media platforms to use to ban users?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>In your July 15th press briefing, you stated that 12 people are responsible for \u201c65 percent of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms.\u201d Who are those account[s] and have they, or others, been removed at your direction?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What is the legal basis for your Administration\u2019s decision to direct social media platforms to flag and remove posts from their sites?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Does the White House have staff dedicated to searching social media for content to flag for removal?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8384279475983\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarshaBlackburn<\/a> demands Biden White House answer these five questions about their \u201ccoordination with Big Tech to censor Americans.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UezslorJ9b\">pic.twitter.com\/UezslorJ9b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipWegmann\/status\/1417091076909830152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration made waves last week when Psaki told reporters the administration was in communication with Facebook about apparent accounts that spread vaccine \u201cmisinformation,\u201d seemingly advocating their censorship. She also stated that if an account is banned on one social media platform, the same individual should be banned from all other social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>On heels of the alarming comments, President Biden claimed social media was \u201ckilling people\u201d because more censorship is not being done to stop supposed \u201cmisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re killing people,\u201d POTUS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/facebook-on-bidens-vaccine-claims-theyre-looking-for-scapegoats-for-missing-their-vaccine-goals\">said<\/a> of Facebook, last week. \u201cThe only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they\u2019re killing people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Psaki was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-psaki-gets-grilled-over-the-biden-admin-pushing-tech-companies-to-censor-misinformation\">pressed<\/a> by a reporter on Friday about the seeming attempt to coordinate with Big Tech to censor Americans, she said Facebook and other platforms are the ones making \u201cdecisions about what information should be on their platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t take anything down. We don\u2019t block anything,\u201d Psaki claimed, as highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-psaki-gets-grilled-over-the-biden-admin-pushing-tech-companies-to-censor-misinformation\">The Daily Wire<\/a>. \u201cFacebook, and any private sector company makes decisions about what information should be on their platform. Our point is that there is information that is leading to people not taking the vaccine, and people are dying as a result, and we have a responsibility as a public health matter to raise that issue. The responsibility we all have \u2014 the government, media platforms, public messengers \u2014 to give accurate information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/facebook-on-bidens-vaccine-claims-theyre-looking-for-scapegoats-for-missing-their-vaccine-goals\">told<\/a> NBC that the Biden administration is scapegoating the platform \u201cfor missing their vaccine goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn private exchanges, the Surgeon General has praised our work, including our efforts to inform people about COVID-19. They knew what they were doing. The White House is looking for scapegoats for missing their vaccine goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-administration-claims-misinformation-on-social-media-is-creating-vaccine-hesitancy-heres-all-the-times-democrats-made-people-hesitant\">Biden Administration Claims \u2018Misinformation\u2019 On Social Media Is Creating Vaccine Hesitancy. Here\u2019s All The Times Democrats Made People&nbsp;Hesitant.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><i>member<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn (TN) is demanding the Biden Administration answer five questions about the administration\u2019s apparent attempt to coordinate with Big Tech platforms like Facebook to censor Americans.Blackburn wants &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}