Mastodawn

The DOJ has expressed interest in supporting an anti-vaccine site that was demonetized on social media platforms due to fact checking.

The DOJ’s argument is that fact checking may introduce monopolies of certain view points and courts should ensure “viewpoint competition” exists.

https://www.theverge.com/news/705802/doj-antitrust-childrens-health-defense-covid-fact-checking-misinformation

DOJ paves the way for a legal war on fact-checking

The DOJ says US antitrust law can protect “viewpoint competition” in an interest statement in a case filed by an RFK Jr.-founded group.

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Tom

@carnage4life

Ah, the US Government will now supply legal protection of, and support for what used to be called the firehose of falsehood and will now be refered to as the "Free Market of Alternative Truths".

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

Russia's “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model

Russia's propaganda model is high-volume and multichannel, and it disseminates messages without regard for the truth. It is rapid, continuous, and repetitive, and it does not commit to consistency.