For quite a while now, many of us have been sounding the alarm bells regarding the ever growing and unhallowed marriage of big tech and big brother. In what seems like an obvious incestual relationship, I assure you it’s anything but. In fact, there is a deep rooted, reciprocal, and harmonious relationship, with all the pomp and circumstance that this secular bond requires.
The first amendment of the constitution goes to great lengths to spell out the promise that all citizens shall be guaranteed the autonomy to speak freely; and without fear in the exercise thereof. Supreme Court rulings since the early 1800’s have consistently ruled on the side of these constitutional protections without hesitancy.
Freedom of the press and its ability to disseminate the free flow of information is based on the same principle, that all communications and expressions through various mediums, including printed and electronic, audio, digital and especially published materials, should be considered to have the same autonomous protections from all censorship. Similar to individual speech, the courts have consistently ruled in favor of journalistic freedom.
A treasure trove of emails recently unearthed by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and from attorney generals are proving collusion at the highest levels of government, with their big tech coconspirators.
The internal documents extracted from the FOIA requests show a clear and willing partnership between representatives of America’s government agencies, members of the current administration and the big tech corporations, to restrict or suppress speech it disagreed with. These tech corporations, known as the big three (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), have monopolized and sequestered information meant for public consumption, and filtered it through government agency bureaucrats.
This directly challenges the conventional wisdom that these companies are operating solely as a private actor and can remove or ban users of their services as they see fit, without the worry of first amendment rights violations.
In a statement from lead attorney Jenin Younes of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, she stated, “We now know from the previous round of discovery that efforts to censor the speech of those who disagreed with the government on COVID policy have come from the top.” This of course comes as a surprise to no one. Representatives of the White House and justice department utilized their authority to coerce and intimidate the eager and willing big tech giants into speech suppression, and other civil liberties violations.
It’s now evident that the 2016 election, the 2020 election and the government’s unrelenting COVID narrative, were coordinated efforts by these corrupted vessels to collude, conspire and censor anyone that disagreed with the government’s worldly view. These anti-constitutional collaborators suffocated the free flow of speech and information of American citizens and news organizations, while force feeding them government related propaganda.
Twitter is known as one of the largest social media platforms in the world. With 330 million subscribers and users, its influence on America through this communications platform is unparalleled. The New York Post, the fourth largest newspaper in America, printed its cover story regarding Hunter Biden, the current President’s son. The article went into explicit detail and shows his involvement in Ukrainian and Chinese businesses while using his father (Joe Biden) as a willing conduit for financial gain during the 2020 election cycle.
Of course, the tech behemoth killed the story and banned America’s fourth largest newspaper from its platform, while the other tech giants followed suit in unison. They conspired to keep a free press from disseminating factual information to the American people; also known as reporting the news.
These tech corporations, with the acquiescence of government agents, have become the arbiters of what information is now available to be consumed in the town square. It’s time we recognize them for the corrupt vessels they have become and hold them accountable.
As your congressman, I will eliminate the ambiguities of section 230 of the U.S. code, along with introducing liability provisions as a logical first step. Congressional hearings should follow as we pursue prosecution of these bad actors and hold them to account for grotesque and deliberate civil liberties violations.
Thanks and God bless, Vincent
