Surgeon General ‘demanding from big tech’ sources of misinformation

March 3 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Big Govt, Censorship, Coronavirus, Law, Losing Freedom, Party Politics, The Left, Totalitarianism

I haven not verified this information, but would not at all be surprised if it is true. Where will it end? When will it end?  I think only when the people stand and say “enough”.   mrossol

The New York Times this morning (3/3/2022) reports that the Surgeon General has “demanded information from [big tech] platforms about the major sources of Covid-19 misinformation. Companies have until May 2, 2022, to submit the data.”

There should be no mystery what he means by “misinformation:” anything that contradicts the Biden/CDC line at the moment. Frankly, the federal government is furious that its grand plans for a great reset have been thwarted by a sea change in public opinion. 

We gladly admit that Brownstone played a huge role here. Our platform has served up hundreds of millions of views, and has driven this debate. No question about that. 

Anyone can know this by looking at the dozens of citations in court filings and Congressional hearings. We’ve been an essential source of light in dark times. The influence is everywhere in the unraveling of lockdowns and mandates. “Guilty” as charged. 

Whatever happened to the First Amendment? We have here a brazen attempt by the federal government – it’s been going on for two years – to shut down speech, debates, and the free flow of ideas. And why? Ironically it is because they have been so desperately wrong. Vast swaths of the public know this.

There will be many years of struggle to tell the real story behind what happened and many years of recovery. The effort to regain lost freedoms will consume us. And everyone knows where Brownstone stands and the role we’ve played and continue to play. 

So it’s payback time. Brownstone has not been directly contacted but it could happen. No question we are on all the lists. YouTube just took down one of our videos a few hours after it was posted. Two years ago, that would have been a shock. This time we expected it. (Of course we have options.) 

This is a major reason why we’ve been publishing about big tech censorship. They have entered into a collaborative arrangement with government to stamp out dissent. And why? Because ideas matter. Censorship is the tribute government pays to the power of ideas.

A final note: writers from Brownstone are among those who have been fired from their jobs due to non-compliance with the mandates. Their stories are tragic. In the interest of privacy, we cannot reveal their names but please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. The mandates are being repealed but their jobs are not coming back. Their families are facing extremely stressful times. 

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