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dmfdmfyesterday at 8:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yes, this is the same argument used when the Biden admin during covid pressured the media companies to cancel people and news they did not like for "misinformation" instead of calling it censorship. This and LEOs buying data from Big Corp is just end-running the 1st and 4th amendments which is ultimately fascism.


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deathanatosyesterday at 11:51 PM

The Biden administration both asked nicely for actual, factually incorrect information to be corrected by sites and pressured sites. They were taken to court over both, and they prevailed on the former and lost on the latter: the administration (any administration) is permitted to ask a site for a correction, and it is then truly at the site's discretion. They are not permitted to pressure them.

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DANmodeyesterday at 10:09 PM

It’s again legal for the US government to publish propaganda targeted against their citizens,

so you’ll struggle to ever know for sure what’s unadulterated US media.