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Yes absolutely. The government should be spending a lot of time writing very carefully worded press releases that encourage you to research facts, question thei

Yes absolutely. The government should be spending a lot of time writing very carefully worded press releases that encourage you to research facts, question their pronouncements, and wording all of their releases with a healthy dose of "I am not certain, but we believe" in order to rebuild the public trust. That will go much farther towards combating misinformation then trying to suppress even outright lies by force.

freejazz 4y ago
It's so funny that you say all this because I do not see where the DHS gets the power to suppress anything??
- GauntletWizard 4y ago
  The power? Which form of power are you referring to? The power of law? That's very clearly "Nowhere". Taking down Facebook posts is not authorized by law, and is not compatible with the First Amendment (though to be clear: The Bill of Rights does not create or codify our rights; It just enumerates them). It is in executive policy, which should be having repercussions such as prosecution and censure, and it's a failure of our legislative and judicial branches that there's not been such. The power of force? They're literally a federal law enforcement department. They have guns and ammo and the training and experience to use them. They will arrest you if you wink at them funny while trying to board a plane. The power of precedent? They're setting it right now. There were a set of leaked e-mails of government officials getting obsequious replies when asking Facebook for posts to be taken down for "Misinformation". I'm not even against the government pointing out posts that violate Facebook guidelines; I just think they should get the same canned responses that everyone else gets. It does not help that a key campaigning strategy from the sitting president was suppressing an embarrassing story. I would have had some respect if Biden had come out and said "My No-Account son is trying to profit from my name, and I apologize for that". I have no respect for the sitting president nor the previous.
  - freejazz 4y ago
    You are overreacting. The government gave social media companies a list of posts they thought were misinformation.

freejazz 4y ago

It's so funny that you say all this because I do not see where the DHS gets the power to suppress anything??

GauntletWizard 4y ago
The power? Which form of power are you referring to? The power of law? That's very clearly "Nowhere". Taking down Facebook posts is not authorized by law, and is not compatible with the First Amendment (though to be clear: The Bill of Rights does not create or codify our rights; It just enumerates them). It is in executive policy, which should be having repercussions such as prosecution and censure, and it's a failure of our legislative and judicial branches that there's not been such. The power of force? They're literally a federal law enforcement department. They have guns and ammo and the training and experience to use them. They will arrest you if you wink at them funny while trying to board a plane. The power of precedent? They're setting it right now. There were a set of leaked e-mails of government officials getting obsequious replies when asking Facebook for posts to be taken down for "Misinformation". I'm not even against the government pointing out posts that violate Facebook guidelines; I just think they should get the same canned responses that everyone else gets. It does not help that a key campaigning strategy from the sitting president was suppressing an embarrassing story. I would have had some respect if Biden had come out and said "My No-Account son is trying to profit from my name, and I apologize for that". I have no respect for the sitting president nor the previous.
- freejazz 4y ago
  You are overreacting. The government gave social media companies a list of posts they thought were misinformation.