Psaki stirred a bit of controversy when she seemed to suggest that those who spread so called “misinformation” be banned from all social media platforms — not just one.
On Friday afternoon, White Press Secretary Jen Psaki was a hot topic on Twitter after she had a curt exchange with a reporter over the issue of the Covid-19 vaccine so called “misinformation” on social media.
“You shouldn’t be banned from one platform and not others if you [provide] misinformation out there,” she said at the Friday briefing.
This, of course, has some uniquely scary implications. After all, the executive branch of the US government is suggesting a total deplatforming of anyone who’s considered to be spreading misinformation. This brings up the question of who exactly is the one dictating what is and isn’t permissible online speech.
Forsided, 20.07.2021