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The Bombshell Revelation About Government’s Chilling Alliance to Censor Americans
A bombshell revelation demonstrates the chilling lengths the government will go to censor the American people. I wish I could say I’m surprised, but federal officials have been pressuring Big Tech to censor constitutionally protected speech for quite some time.
The House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government recently released a report revealing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Global Engagement Center (GEC) coordinated with Stanford University, along with other entities, to censor speech leading up to the 2020 election.
The government created an entity called the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to outsource its censorship efforts in an attempt to disguise efforts to violate our First Amendment rights. Under this scheme, government officials and federally funded organizations flagged posts they deemed ‘misinformation’ to EIP analysts, who in turn would flag them for the intended social media platform.
As the report shows, EIP was formed “at the request of DHS/CISA.” Although the EIP was intended to hide the federal government’s involvement, the connections are clear. Documents show that CISA had direct access to the EIP’s inner workings, including incoming misinformation reports from the EIP’s centralized reporting system.
Elon Musk Is Asking the Supreme Court to Get Rid of His ‘Twitter Sitter,’ Arguing It Stifles His Free Speech and Is ‘Unconstitutional’
Elon Musk is asking the Supreme Court to get rid of his “Twitter sitter.”
The Tesla boss filed a petition with the court requesting it undo a 2018 settlement with the SEC that requires a company lawyer to vet any posts on X, formerly Twitter, Musk makes about Tesla before he sends them.
The petition, initially reported by CNBC, describes the arrangement, which has become known as the “Twitter sitter” clause, as imposing “unconstitutional conditions” on the tech billionaire by limiting his freedom of speech.
“It restricts Mr. Musk’s speech even when truthful and accurate,” it reads. “And it chills Mr. Musk’s speech through the never-ending threat of contempt, fines, or even imprisonment for otherwise protected speech if not pre-approved to the SEC’s or a court’s satisfaction.”
U.K. Accuses Meta of Empowering Child Sexual Abusers With Encryption Rollout
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has been accused by the U.K. government of empowering child sexual abusers after the tech firm began rolling out the automatic encryption of all messages on its Facebook and Messenger platforms.
The home secretary, James Cleverly, described the move as a “significant step back” for child safety after Meta said it would introduce end-to-end encryption on the apps. The move means that only the sender and receiver of messages on the platforms will be able to access their content.
Cleverly said: “Law enforcement, charities and our close international partners all agree: these plans to roll out end-to-end encryption without appropriate safety measures will empower child sex abusers and hamper the ability of the police and NCA [National Crime Agency] to bring offenders to justice.”
The new features will be available immediately, but Meta said it would take some time for end-to-end encryption to be rolled out to more than 1 billion users as a default option. Users will receive a prompt to set up a recovery method to restore their messages once the transition is completed. Calls will also be encrypted.
SAG-AFTRA Hit With Over 100 COVID Vaccine Mandate Suits By Members; ‘Claims Are Without Merit,’ Guild Says
Hollywood’s vaccine mandates are gone, but as new legal actions filed today against SAG-AFTRA make clear, the battle over COVID-19 protection is far from over.
Over 100 individual suits placed in the LA Superior Court docket Thursday claim the Guild threw members under corporate buses during the height of the pandemic, essentially linking arms with the studios to require vaccinations to work.
Hollywood’s vaccine mandates are gone, but as new legal actions filed today against SAG-AFTRA make clear, the battle over COVID-19 protection is far from over. Over 100 individual suits placed in the LA Superior Court docket Thursday claim the Guild threw members under corporate buses during the height of the pandemic, essentially linking arms with the studios to require vaccinations to work.
Along with SAG-AFTRA, studios like Disney and Netflix have been taken to court over the vaccine requirements, with most of those cases still winding their way through the justice system — which still has a backlog from its pandemic lockdowns and mandates.
AI Can Help Combat Health Misinformation, White House Cancer Research Head Says
The head of the White House cancer moonshot initiative said artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to help combat health misinformation.
In a conversation with The Hill’s Bob Cusack on Thursday, cancer moonshot coordinator Danielle Carnival said patients and caregivers need trusted and accurate information to drive the care they need. There’s a significant opportunity for artificial intelligence to help with that, she said.
“There are lots of risks with artificial intelligence … but one of the opportunities I think is going to make a huge impact in healthcare is the ability for people to get targeted information in a language or a culturally appropriate way that they can receive and act on,” Carnival said during The Hill’s “U.S. Healthcare’s Annual Checkup” event.
Thursday’s event was sponsored by CVS, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca.
New AI-Powered Doctor’s Office Allows Patients to Draw Blood, Take Vitals
Now coming to a mall, gym or office building near you: A self-contained doctor’s office, powered by artificial intelligence, where you — the patient — draw your own blood and take your own vitals.
Why it matters: The traditional annual checkup is being disrupted in various tech-heavy ways, from telehealth to concierge medicine to the CarePod, above, a DIY health clinic-in-a-box.
Driving the news: A company called Forward is installing CarePods around the country, with the hope that people will visit them regularly for preventative care and specific concerns. Of note: The first three CarePods are in Sacramento, California; Chandler, Arizona; and Chicago’s Willis Tower, with plans to roll out many more in 2024.
When asked how patients would draw their own blood inside a CarePod, Aoun whipped out a small vacuum chamber that suctioned to his upper arm and siphoned out a small sample. Skin scans and mental health screenings are also on the CarePod menu, and more tests will be added over time.
Zoom out: Amazon is getting into this space as well with Amazon Clinic, offering video visits and messaging with clinicians for common maladies.
Ireland Must Say No to Orwellian ‘Hate Speech’ Laws
The Irish government is pressing forward with a new law to criminalize “hate speech” following the recent stabbing of four Dubliners, including three schoolchildren, by an Algerian resident of the country. As Ireland processes this atrocity, it must be asked — what does criminalizing speech have to do with preventing brutal crimes of this magnitude?
In recent months, tensions have flared in Ireland — mirroring those throughout Europe — regarding the country’s immigration situation, with nationwide protests demanding government action. The stabbing incident gave rise to riots in Dublin. Coming across as both tone-deaf and opportunistic, the government’s positioning of the proposed “hate speech” law as the solution to the evidently mounting crisis has drawn international condemnation, and for good reason.
What happened in Dublin is a horrific tragedy that demands targeted government action with regard to the specific issue at hand — peace and security on the streets of Ireland. Criminalizing free speech, the cornerstone of any democracy, is in no way going to solve this issue.
