During a recent congressional hearing, journalist Matt Taibbi criticized the government's content moderation actions under the Biden administration, asserting they infringe upon free speech. He outlined how the State Department's Global Engagement Center, which originally aimed to combat foreign disinformation, shifted focus to domestic users without ties to extremist groups. Taibbi emphasized the founding principles of free speech, arguing that Americans are capable of discerning truth without a government-imposed 'truth squad.' He highlighted troubling censorship practices revealed through the 'Twitter Files', particularly regarding controversial topics related to Hunter Biden's emails and the lab-leak theory of COVID-19.
The American government has no role in protecting citizens from speech. The whole idea of the system that was designed by Jefferson and Madison is that the American people view each other as adults who are capable of sorting out the truth for themselves.
GEC officials were largely concerned with domestic, English-language accounts - people with no ties to terror groups or relationships with adversary nations like Iran, China or Russia.
We don't need a truth squad - and that's exactly what GEC was designed for.
The "Twitter Files" unearthed emails disclosing an immense pressure campaign to censor The Post's bombshell scoop on Hunter Biden's emails.
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