Seven federal agencies have pressured big tech to censor Americans, according to the Media Research Center. (MRC Free Speech America )
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7 Federal Agencies Pressuring Big Tech to Censor Americans

by Gabriela Pariseau | MRC Newsbusters

President Joe Biden sits atop a censorship regime made up of federal agencies that has repeatedly pressured Big Tech social media companies to clamp down on those who express views in opposition to his own.

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to hand down its opinion in Murthy v. Missouri, a case brought by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana to prevent the Biden administration from colluding with and coercing Big Tech companies to censor Americans. A lower court found that, along with top White House staffers like former Press Secretary Jen Psaki, high ranking members of our federal agencies used their power to pressure Big Tech firms into censoring Biden’s political opponents. In their briefs, and during oral argument, the Biden administration and the attorneys for Big Tech shockingly argued that the federal government has a First Amendment right to pressure Big Tech platforms to censor the speech of individuals. The purpose of the First Amendment, of course, is the opposite: To establish–without doubt–the inalienable right of individuals to speak against their government.

Below in detail are the seven Biden administration-led federal agencies that have actively worked with Big Tech companies, including payment processors, to silence Americans’ speech online.

(1) Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has one of the most entrenched censorship operations in the U.S. government disguised as fighting terrorism and foreign influence operations. The agency’s aims became publicly apparent when it released a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin in February 2022. The bulletin claimed that one of the “key factors” of a “heightened” terrorism threat included “false or misleading narratives regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud and COVID-19.”

Nearly three months later, the DHS briefly established the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board led by then-Director Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz has repeatedly claimed the board aimed to uncover foreign influence operations, despite her repeated support for online censorship of American citizens.

The DHS also gave $3,800,793 of taxpayer money to eight grantees for supposed anti- “misinformation,” “disinformation” and “malinformation” efforts in 2023 as part of its Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program. The program, which is overseen by the infamous Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), was created under Obama to combat terrorism. However, it was later revamped and weaponized by the Biden administration to award grants to far-left projects for the purposes of establishing “media literacy and online critical thinking initiatives.” The projects in turn push for censorship of conservatives, Christians and the Republican Party. Read Full Article >

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