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> They took no legal action against these people. There was legal action taken against some doctors. In addition. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/health/fda-

by anamax 2y ago

> They took no legal action against these people. There was legal action taken against some doctors. In addition. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/health/fda-ivermectin-lawsuit/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/health/fda-ivermectin-lawsuit... And, it's pretty clear that the govt was behind https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-twitter-blacklisting-of-jay-bhattacharya-medical-expert-covid-lockdown-stanford-doctor-shadow-banned-censorship-11670621083 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-twitter-blacklisting-of-jay... It would have been illegal for the govt to force the NYT to not print those stories but ...

busyant 2y ago
To OP: The fact that there is an "argument" over who is spreading misinformation as part of responses to your very question should tell you this is a difficult problem to deal with. There are many shades of gray to misinformation.
anamax 2y ago
There's also: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2022/07/25/should-we-punish-physicians-who-spread-covid-19-misinformation/?sh=145a794f304d https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2022/07/25/should-we-... Note that California passed (and then repealed) a law along these lines - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/californias-covid-19-misinformation-law-is-dead.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issue... That said, see also https://www.courthousenews.com/california-doctors-falter-in-bid-to-shut-down-discipline-over-covid-advice/ https://www.courthousenews.com/california-doctors-falter-in-...
- smt88 2y ago
  Again, for the millionth time: none of these were the Biden administration. California's legislature is not Joe Biden.
smt88 2y ago
> There was legal action taken against some doctors. Please give us an example of legal action taken by the Biden administration against doctors. You're probably remembering that some doctors lost their licenses for spreading lies about Covid, which is entirely appropriate. That was action taken by boards of doctors against incompetent doctors who were a danger to their patients. Again, happy to see a counterexample if you have one, where a doctor suffered consequences from the Biden administration and/or unfairly. > And, it's pretty clear that the govt was behind [Twitter blacklisting...] The govt asking Twitter to do something and then Twitter voluntarily doing it is still not Biden "going after" someone. There were (and are) no consequences for social media companies refusing to take meetings with govt disinformation groups, as you can see from the fact that most of them don't do it and Twitter doesn't anymore. > It would have been illegal for the govt to force the NYT to not print those stories but ... A sure sign of a weak argument is the use of inuendo rather than saying what you actually mean.

by anamax 2y ago

busyant 2y ago

To OP: The fact that there is an "argument" over who is spreading misinformation as part of responses to your very question should tell you this is a difficult problem to deal with. There are many shades of gray to misinformation.

anamax 2y ago

There's also: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2022/07/25/should-we-punish-physicians-who-spread-covid-19-misinformation/?sh=145a794f304d https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2022/07/25/should-we-... Note that California passed (and then repealed) a law along these lines - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/californias-covid-19-misinformation-law-is-dead.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issue... That said, see also https://www.courthousenews.com/california-doctors-falter-in-bid-to-shut-down-discipline-over-covid-advice/ https://www.courthousenews.com/california-doctors-falter-in-...

smt88 2y ago
Again, for the millionth time: none of these were the Biden administration. California's legislature is not Joe Biden.

smt88 2y ago

> There was legal action taken against some doctors. Please give us an example of legal action taken by the Biden administration against doctors. You're probably remembering that some doctors lost their licenses for spreading lies about Covid, which is entirely appropriate. That was action taken by boards of doctors against incompetent doctors who were a danger to their patients. Again, happy to see a counterexample if you have one, where a doctor suffered consequences from the Biden administration and/or unfairly. > And, it's pretty clear that the govt was behind [Twitter blacklisting...] The govt asking Twitter to do something and then Twitter voluntarily doing it is still not Biden "going after" someone. There were (and are) no consequences for social media companies refusing to take meetings with govt disinformation groups, as you can see from the fact that most of them don't do it and Twitter doesn't anymore. > It would have been illegal for the govt to force the NYT to not print those stories but ... A sure sign of a weak argument is the use of inuendo rather than saying what you actually mean.