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    • #32
      Source: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/klobucha...bill-1.1631927

      3h ago
      Klobuchar Takes Aim at Online Covid Lies With Section 230 Bill
      Anna Edgerton, Bloomberg News

      (Bloomberg) -- Senator Amy Klobuchar introduced a bill Thursday to make online platforms like Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. legally liable for misinformation about health issues such as Covid-19.

      The proposal comes less than a week after President Joe Biden said that misinformation about the virus and vaccines is “killing people,” as infections surge in parts of the U.S. with low vaccination rates.

      “For far too long, online platforms have not done enough to protect the health of Americans,” said Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, who also chairs the Senate antitrust subcommittee. “The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how lethal misinformation can be, and it is our responsibility to take action.”

      The measure doesn’t have any Republican cosponsors and doesn’t present an immediate risk to big tech companies.

      Companies currently can’t be held legally responsible for user-generated content online, thanks to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act -- a 1996 provision that both Republicans and Democrats have said needs to change.

      Klobuchar’s bill would void that liability protection for health-related content if the secretary of Health and Human Services has declared a public health emergency.

      The coronavirus pandemic has been a public health emergency since Jan. 27, 2020, according to U.S. health officials.

      The bill specifies that a platform would be treated as a “publisher or speaker of health misinformation” during the emergency declaration if it “promotes that health misinformation through an algorithm” or similar function that isn’t merely chronological...

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    • #33
      The same as anyone else? How am I accountable for spreading federal government propaganda? What about blogs and forums? Again - first they came for Facebook. This is a clear sign of a government covering things up with 'noble lies.'


      Luján targets social media health misinformation in new Senate bill

      Michael McDevitt Las Cruces Sun-News

      ...
      If the bill were to go into effect, "the (U.S.) Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies and outside experts determined appropriate by the Secretary" would decide what constitutes health misinformation, according to the bill.

      The New Mexico Democrat is quick to argue that the bill wouldn’t restrict the spirit of free speech by removing internet posts deemed to include misinformation — just encourage the companies’ algorithms to be turned against promoting the content.

      “The legislation does not limit or censor free speech,” Luján asserts. “It makes social media companies accountable in the same way as anyone else.”
      ...
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      i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

      "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

      (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
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      • #34
        “I can’t believe that the left, with its long tradition of fighting for free speech” is “just giving [that] up,” says feminist author and journalist Naomi ...


        July 29, 2021 American Thought Leaders

        Naomi Wolf on Censorship, Vaccine Passports, and the Reversal of ‘My Body, My Choice’

        “I can’t believe that the left, with its long tradition of fighting for free speech” is “just giving [that] up,” says feminist author and journalist Naomi Wolf.
        Wolf, a longtime liberal and former adviser to the political campaigns of both Bill Clinton and Al Gore, breaks down the dangers she sees inherent to vaccine passports and a “scary marriage” of government, big pharma, and Big Tech censorship. “We’ve reached a kind of digital Stalinism,” Wolf says.
        Wolf is the founder and CEO of DailyClout.io, a platform helping people engage in the democratic process. This episode was filmed at the FreedomFest conference in South Dakota.
        Jan Jekielek: Naomi Wolf, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.
        Naomi Wolf: I’m so happy to be speaking to you. I’ve been an admirer of The Epoch Times for a long time.
        Mr. Jekielek: Thank you for that. Our audience has definitely been growing, and it’s quite a diverse audience actually. We recently covered you joining this class action lawsuit with former President Trump, against broadly speaking Big Tech. Tell me a bit about this.
        Mrs. Wolf: I should note that it’s actually thousands of people who are part of this class action lawsuit, and he’s certainly the best known. I should also note that I didn’t vote for him. He’s not my guy. I don’t agree with him about a lot of things, but I do agree that Big Tech should not be censoring private individuals and that it’s a huge blow to civic discourse that they would go as far as to censor a former United States president...
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        i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

        "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

        (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
        Never forget Excalibur.

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        • #35
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            Why I Am Deleting All Content After 48 Hours

            ....
            But we are now in a different time. A much darker time. The silence of free speech is now deafening.

            Not only is blatant censorship tolerated, it is being encouraged by the very people who were to be entrusted with protecting our freedom of speech.

            We are not living from the lessons we've learned before. Never in my life, would I believe the sitting President of the United States call out 12 Americans in a McCarthyism like attack in the United States. As you are aware, I was placed at the top of this list.

            The last week has brought a tremendous amount of reflections to me, and a lot of unacceptable threats to a company full of amazing people that have helped me support you in this journey.

            By now I am sure you know that there was a recent NY Times article attacking me and it was one of the most widely distributed stories in the world. The article was loaded with false statements made about me and my organization.

            The report would be laughed at if it were to be submitted for peer review, the groups that created it are funded by dark money and operated by an illegal foreign agent. The press never questioned it, but ran with their orders from above.

            I can deal with the CNN crews that chase me by car while I bicycle from my home. I feel sorry for the people in media that have to follow the orders they are given.

            It is easy to dismiss the media pawns, but the most powerful individual on the planet has targeted me as his primary obstacle that must be removed. Every three letter agency is at his disposal, and the executive powers have grown beyond what an individual American's rights can protect against.

            A dissenter of medical mandates is now a target and obstacle to be removed. I know – that's 25 years' worth of blood, sweat and tears coming down.

            I can hardly believe these words are coming out of my mouth. It's a testament of just how radical things have degenerated in the recent past. However, I will continue to publish new articles, BUT going forward, each article I publish will be available for only 48 hours and will then be removed from the website.

            We are at the crossroad where change is unavoidable. We all must make choices that determine our future. To many, this looks like a war ... but what we need to find is peace. I am going to find peace through this sacrifice.

            Just to be clear, ALL my content will be removed. This includes articles on:
            • Great Reset
            • General nutrition
            • The coronavirus
            • My interviews with experts

            These will be removed to appease the individuals in power who have an arsenal of overwhelming tools at their disposal, and are actively engaged in using them. COVID-19 has activated and authorized emergency powers that have weakened our constitutional rights. Sadly, cyberwarfare and authoritarian forces are beyond our abilities to withstand, and this is now our only way forward.

            Over 15,000 articles full of vital information that has helped tens of millions across the world take control of their health, will be removed. There was a time when people could debate and respect each other freely. That time is now gone. I believe laws are best applied like medicine – locally and specifically.

            Local food, local democracy – our local community strength is the best way to achieve peace moving forward, and to stop authoritarian technocracy. I also believe we are at our strongest when we can care and maintain respect for each other. This is how we can make our most important decisions in life.

            Again I will still be writing my daily articles that I started 25 years ago BUT they will only be available for 48 hours before they are removed. In this way I hope to continue my mission to help you take control of your health – but it's up to you to download, share and repost this content. I will not be enforcing my copyright on this information so that you may freely share it.

            Please also encourage others to read "The Truth About COVID-19," where you will find much of the information from the past two years that people need to read to wake up and open their eyes. I am donating all earnings to the National Vaccine Information Center...
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            Ask Congress to Investigate COVID Origins and Government Response to Pandemic.

            i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

            "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

            (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
            Never forget Excalibur.

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            • #37
              The above article is exactly my point. If you suppress ideas, as wrong as they may be, you only drive those ideas underground. You can not refute bad ideas if they are not in the light. Then those ideas grown unchallenged by science or common sense. So congrats to all of the suppressive entities. You are fanning the flames of misinformation, not the originators.

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              • #38

                Suspended NMSU professor hits the road promoting election fraud claims after defying COVID-19 mandates
                David Clements posts that he faces firing, legal sanctions for his activism

                Algernon D'Ammassa Las Cruces Sun-News

                Sep 9, 2021
                LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State University business college professor David Clements remains on emergency suspension following his rejection of campus mask mandates in his classroom and the university's vaccine mandate.

                Clements was suspended with pay in August, according to a notice from the provost's office, after several students filed complaints. On Aug. 27 the investigation and his administrative leave were formally extended.

                ...
                Clements, a lawyer who previously served as deputy district attorney in New Mexico's 12th Judicial District, has also reported on the site that he is answering to complaints against him at the disciplinary board of the New Mexico Supreme Court and has been blocked from flights on certain airlines. He has also responded to criticisms of an online fundraiser organized on his behalf by a supporter.

                When reached by the Las Cruces Sun-News, Clements offered to make himself available for an unedited video interview with a required reading list for the interviewer regarding COVID-19, vaccines and the efficacy of masks. The Sun-News declined those conditions.
                ...
                While the university conducts its investigation, Clements has been prohibited from teaching or having contact with any student or employee of the university except his immediate supervisor, according to a redacted notification released by the university...
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                Class began August 18, 2021. Welcome to my class. Approximately forty students gathered in their masks upon order of the governor and my university. During the lecture, many students unmasked and brea

                Rumble — Class began August 18, 2021. Welcome to my class. Approximately forty students gathered in their masks upon order of the governor and my university. During the lecture, many students unmasked and breathed the air, but many others were paralyzed with fear. Others, like good little gestapo, fled the class as quickly as they could to report me to my superiors.

                This all ends when we say no.

                theprofessorsrecord.com

                Official telegram channel for Professor David K. Clements
                Main: t.me/theprofessorsrecord
                Chat: t.me/theprofessorsrecordchat
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                Interview from back in April.

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                Ask Congress to Investigate COVID Origins and Government Response to Pandemic.

                i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                Never forget Excalibur.

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                  • #40
                    'Science is not supposed to be about intimidating, or abusing, or censoring data ... There is never supposed to be 'an accepted view' of science.'

                    Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19

                    'Science is not supposed to be about intimidating, or abusing, or censoring data ... There is never supposed to be 'an accepted view' of science.'

                    By Helen Raleigh September 1, 2021

                    Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American people have been told to “follow the science.” Yet for a year and a half, they’ve heard contradicting messages from self-appointed prophets of “the science” like Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
                    We learned that politicians who claimed their decisions were science-driven often ignored scientific findings that didn’t fit certain political narratives. We discovered that scientists are fallible human beings, and some would let personal interests and political views cloud their judgment.
                    Is science itself one of the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic? I asked Dr. Scott Atlas at the 13th annual Freedom Conference hosted by the Steamboat Institute, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization. Formerly a professor and chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center, Atlas is now a senior fellow in health policy at the Hoover Institution.
                    Atlas has been under constant attacks by the left and the corporate media since he served as a special adviser to former President Trump and a member of the White House coronavirus task force from August to November 2020. The New York Times and the Washington Post ran hit pieces on Atlas, questioning his qualifications despite his distinguished career and scholarship.
                    Google-owned YouTube also removed a 50-minute video of Atlas’s interview with the Hoover Institute. Twitter took down his tweet that questioned the effectiveness of masks.
                    ‘Science’ Destroyed Its Own Credibility

                    Atlas has refused to be silenced. He has a lot to say about how the scientific field and Americans’ trust in it have been tremendously harmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Science has been not just a victim,” he told me, “but actively participated in the self-destruction of its credibility.”...
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                    i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                    "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                    (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                    Never forget Excalibur.

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                      • #42

                        Vaccine info site: CENSORED


                        Dated: May 4, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson
                        The highly-regarded National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) says it has been de-platformed by Facebook and Instagram, as those working in the interest of the pharmaceutical industry further clamp down on open online access to important medical information.
                        Rational thinking and freedom of speech about vaccination and public health laws is no longer tolerated online.
                        Barbara Loe Fisher, National Vaccine Information Center

                        Though NVIC is neither "pro-" nor "anti-" vaccine, the group is a target because it provides reputable scientific information to parents and medical professionals about vaccine safety concerns, from individual "lots" of vaccines that are recalled by the manufacturer or prove problematic; to peer-reviewed, published studies related to vaccine safety issues...

                        Forced Vaccination Was Always the End Game
                        Posted: 9/22/2021 11:55:23 AM
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                        Ask Congress to Investigate COVID Origins and Government Response to Pandemic.

                        i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                        "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                        (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                        Never forget Excalibur.

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                        • #43
                          Source: https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2021/09...isinformation/

                          Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
                          by Amanda Seitz (), The Associated Press
                          Posted Sep 29, 2021 9:22 am MDT
                          Last Updated Sep 29, 2021 at 11:14 am MDT

                          YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform.

                          The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations for COVID-19 to a somewhat hesitant public. Public health officials have struggled to push back against a steady current of online misinformation about the COVID-19 shot since development of the immunization first got underway last year.

                          YouTube’s new rules will prohibit misinformation about any vaccine that has been approved by health authorities such as the World Health Organization and are currently being administered. The platform had already begun to crack down late last year on false claims about the COVID-19 vaccine.

                          YouTube, which is owned by Google, will delete videos that falsely claim vaccines are dangerous or cause health issues, like cancer, infertility or autism — a theory that scientists have discredited for decades but has endured on the internet. As of Wednesday, popular anti-vaccine accounts, including those run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., were kicked off YouTube...

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                          • #44
                            Originally posted by Shiloh View Post
                            Source: https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2021/09...isinformation/

                            Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
                            by Amanda Seitz (), The Associated Press
                            Posted Sep 29, 2021 9:22 am MDT
                            Last Updated Sep 29, 2021 at 11:14 am MDT

                            YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform.

                            The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations for COVID-19 to a somewhat hesitant public. Public health officials have struggled to push back against a steady current of online misinformation about the COVID-19 shot since development of the immunization first got underway last year.

                            YouTube’s new rules will prohibit misinformation about any vaccine that has been approved by health authorities such as the World Health Organization and are currently being administered. The platform had already begun to crack down late last year on false claims about the COVID-19 vaccine.

                            YouTube, which is owned by Google, will delete videos that falsely claim vaccines are dangerous or cause health issues, like cancer, infertility or autism — a theory that scientists have discredited for decades but has endured on the internet. As of Wednesday, popular anti-vaccine accounts, including those run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., were kicked off YouTube...
                            This would make sense based on what I think google search has done. link

                            All of this anti-vaccine crack down is very bad public health communication. People will just go somewhere else. And probably to a site where there is no objective, science based discussion about vaccine issues.

                            Big mistake. Vaccines do have issues - like all medicines, including natural medicines.

                            I saw a video the other day where a funeral director in England was interviewed. IMHO he made the most outlandish accusations that the NHS is, en masse, killing the elderly with tranquilizers in the pandemic - with no proof. He made a lot more accusations too. Taking his video off youtube will mean his material will be on another smaller platform where there are less people who will challenge him to produce some data, proof, witnesses, anything rational.

                            Big social media are idiots. You are throwing kerosene on the fire.

                            You can not control the entire internet.

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                          • #45
                            A businessman had his interview with Dr. Malone removed from Youtube, and he was warned not to post such materials again. Dr. Malone was a pioneer in mRNA technology, has been vaccinated and still thinks it has benefits, but he is not 100% in line with the government narrative. The businessman is concerned about human rights violations regarding the mandates. He employs about 700 people and is trying to offer jobs to workers displaced by mandates.

                            Short video of businessman and his young daughters (They question why both sides cannot be heard):


                            Interview link here:
                            https://grantcardonetv.com/drrobertmalone/ Today I interviewed Dr. Robert Malone, a virologist and immunologist. In this interview he talks about the current state of the pandemic and research regarding the vaccine.
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                            Ask Congress to Investigate COVID Origins and Government Response to Pandemic.

                            i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                            "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                            (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                            Never forget Excalibur.

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