As the US presidential election runs into its final weeks, the billionaire oligarchs of Silicon Valley aren’t even pretending any more. They’re determined to swing the election for Joe Biden and they’ll do whatever it takes.
Including summarily censoring information about Biden’s lies and shady deals.
Twitter locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday after she shared a New York Post story alleging that Hunter Biden introduced his father to a Burisma executive a year before the former vice president pushed Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, who was investigating the company.
Remember, Biden openly boasted, on camera, about getting the prosecutor fired by threatening to withhold loans to Ukraine. Remember, this was exactly the pretext that the Democrats (falsely) used in their failed impeachment of President Donald Trump.
So now we have further confirmation that Biden was directly involved in shonky dealings in Ukraine on behalf of his oily offspring. This is bombshell news so close to the election – but Twitter don’t want you to hear about it.
In a screenshot disseminated by the Trump War Room, Twitter appeared to have sent McEnany a notification that her “account has been locked” for “violating our rules against distribution of hacked materials.” McEnany’s tweet was subsequently deleted. It remains unclear if McEnany was forced to delete it, or if Twitter deleted it for her.
Both Twitter and Facebook have suppressed the reach of the story, which calls into question Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s claims of ignorance regarding his son’s foreign business deals. According to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Twitter also locked the account of the New York Post itself.
Remember when Twitter banned people spreading the Steele dossier? Wikileaks’ “Collateral Murder” propaganda? President Trump’s supposed tax returns?
What this really comes down to is Twitter and other social media giants fighting for their survival. If Trump is re-elected, he will almost certainly move to pull away the flimsy legislative plank that Twitter, Facebook, etc., use to avoid being held to account.
President Donald Trump addressed the apparent censorship in a tweet, writing, “So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of ‘Smoking Gun’ emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!”
Section 230 is a reference to a portion of the U.S. Code that says in part, “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
Those who argue for Section 230 to be repealed argue that big tech behemoths such as Facebook and Twitter ought to be considered publishers and treated as such by the law.
Tech giants are desperate to avoid Section 230 being repealed, especially because it will mean that they will be held to the same standards as other media.
Hawley called on the FEC to investigate whether Twitter and Facebook violated campaign finance law by interfering in the dissemination of the story[…]
Hawley alleged that Facebook and Twitter’s “active suppression” of the New York Post story “appears to constitute contributions under federal law,” and that the Biden campaign “derives extraordinary value” from quashing a story that would link the former vice president to Ukrainian oligarchs.
Hawley also sent letters demanding answers to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey[…]
“I find this behavior stunning but not surprising from a platform that has censored the President of the United States,” Hawley added. Later, he demanded to know the specifics of how the company decided to suppress the story, as well as if anyone involved with the Biden-Harris campaign was involved.
This is an all-or-nothing gamble from Silicon Valley. Should Biden win, they can rest assured that a grateful White House will continue to give them free rein. But if Trump wins a second term, that will spell big trouble for Silicon Valley.
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