We are not living in Italy. It is not a year between 1922-1943.
I thought I was transported back in time listening to Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Psaki said all social media platforms should ban you if you spread misinformation on one outlet:
PSAKI: “You shouldn’t be banned from one platform and not others if you — for providing misinformation out there, taking faster action against harmful post. As you all know, information travels quite quickly. If it’s up there for days and days and days, when people see it, you know there’s — it’s hard to put that back in a box. And of course promoting algorithms. I don’t know how they work but they all do know how they work. So, those are some of the steps that we think could be constructive for public health, for public information, for public — you know, the right of the public to know.”
Officials keep using the word “misinformation.” Will anyone ever define misinformation?
On Thursday, Psaki admitted the administration will collude with social media platforms about misinformation. Psaki double-downed on the comments on Friday:
PSAKI: “Sure. Well, I would say first, it should not come as any surprise that we are in regular touch with social media platforms, just like we’re in regular touch with all of you and your media outlets about areas where we have concern, information that might be useful — information that may or may not be interesting to your viewers. You all make decisions just like the social media platforms make decisions.”
No, it does not surprise anyone the administration is in touch with Facebook and other platforms. It is scary it does not surprise us.
Apparently, the administration needs to hold Facebook’s hand:
PSAKI: “Clearly not, because we’re talking about additional steps that should be taken, and frankly, information that media organizations could decide whether you’re going to report on or not. I’m not talking just about the misinformation storyline, I’m talking about these individuals, I’m talking about how prevalent the spreading of this information is. The public has a right to know. That’s the point that we’re making, and we’re dealing with a life-or-death issue here. And so, everybody has a role to play in making sure there is accurate information. Obviously, those are steps they have taken. They are a private sector company, they’re going to make decisions about additional steps they can take. It’s clear there are more that can be taken. And actually, just on the foreign government piece, because I think that’s an important point — important, interesting question. The State Department’s Global Engagement Center has found that Russia and China have promoted their own vaccines through messaging that undermines Western origin vaccines and health development programs.”
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