In today’s digital age, headlines scream about “disinformation” as a pervasive menace imperiling the very foundations of our constitutional republic. It’s a term that’s often used to justify restrictions on speech, sometimes sincerely (but mistakenly) for the noble cause of safeguarding truth, but more often for the venal purpose of consolidating power.
During our tenure at Parler we witnessed firsthand the consequences of wielding this term too broadly: we believe Parler was unjustly scapegoated and deplatformed precisely because we refused to “fact-check” content in accordance with the wishes of “trusted partners.” After that experience, we came to realize that it’s not disinformation we should be wary of so much as the lengths to which some will go to maintain control over the narrative. ...
Read more at the Daily Caller here.
Ayn Rand said that only government has the power of censorship. I have wondered what her response would have been regarding the censorship of the government/business partnership during the Covid totalitarian era. The public outage seen during the height of Parler’s success has waned but the threat is still significant.
Very good article! Keep up the fight for freedom of thought!