Democrat Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ben Ray Luján introduced new legislation that will hold social media companies accountable for allowing the dissemination “health-related misinformation” on their platforms during “public health emergencies.”
The legislation is being called the Health Misinformation Act and will hold companies legally accountable for “misinformation.” As for what misinformation refers to in the legislation is largely up to interpretation.
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“For far too long, online platforms have not done enough to protect the health of Americans,” Klobuchar said in a press release. “These are some of the biggest, richest companies in the world and they must do more to prevent the spread of deadly vaccine misinformation.”
“Earlier this year, I called on Facebook and Twitter to remove accounts that are responsible for producing the majority of misinformation about the coronavirus, but we need a long term solution,” she continued. “This legislation will hold online platforms accountable for the spread of health-related misinformation. The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how lethal misinformation can be and it is our responsibility to take action.”
Klobuchar said earlier this week on CNN’s “State of the Union”that Facebook and other social media companies should face consequences for allowing “misinformation” to spread online.
This comes after President Joe Biden asserted last week that platforms that allow the spread of misinformation online are “killing people.” He has since walked back these comments, saying that social media companies are not killing people, but rather, users who post “outrageous misinformation.”
Does that include all the misinformation that the CDC, WHO, and the political pundits, new agencies, Gates and all the others that chimed in on covid? PLUS, who is to say what is misinformation since the full time trials for the alleged vaccine have not been completed and many complaints were suppressed. Who will be the oversight on this? Are we going to have the fox watch the henhouse so to speak? First amendment says we can say what we want, not just democrats.
Is that like how the media killed twice as many Americans because Trump said that Hydroxychloroquine worked?
these bastards need to be hung !
Shut down misinformation in favor or DISinformation. Heil Hitler!
Misinformation as defined by who?
It sure will be quit in DC if they abide by there proposed law!
Let’s call it what it is: CENSORSHIP at the government level! Anything the commies do is not legitimate and is only to surpress our voices!
This is the dawning of the age of piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining!
YES PSAKI BIDEN DEMS MISINFORMATION THERE RUINING THIS COUNTRY .LOOK AT ALK THE DEM CITIES THAT HAVE OUT OF CONTROL CRIME. DEMS WILL PAY SOONER OR LATER
If they want to stop misinformation, they need to shut the WH press secretary, and blow hole Joe up. They spread more then anyone!
Sounds like nothing more than out and out CENSORSHIP as is practiced in ALL COMMUNIST nations and has always been practised by dictatorships.
These politicians should resign or be run out of town on a rail covered in tar and feathers.
If you are going to shut down misinformation I guess you demo guys wont be saying much of anything
I guess that will shut down the big pharma “information sources” along with “Dr. Fauci”.