There are so many places to go with this. If you listen, the reporter asking Karine Jean-Pierre about Twitter is concerned about it becoming “a vector of misinformation.” Of course, the White House is very concerned about disinformation on Twitter, such as the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story that got the Post frozen out of its account for weeks for spreading Russian disinformation, or, in the words of our short-lived Minister of Truth, “a fairy tale about a laptop repair shop.” Under Twitter’s former management, you couldn’t share the story or link to it. So whenever this White House brings up disinformation, just remember how they used that as an excuse to suppress a story that was damaging to Joe Biden’s campaign.
Also, note how Jean-Pierre immediately pivots to hate speech, which was not the reporter’s question.
Jean-Pierre: "We are keeping an eye on [Elon Musk's Twitter]." pic.twitter.com/hs5uX9AzZY
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 28, 2022
NOW – White House is keeping a "close eye" on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/CSpWdFlEdl
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 28, 2022
We, the citizens, were keeping a “close eye” on the government’s Disinformation Governance Board, too.
Sounds fascist
— SamusTime (@SamusTime) November 28, 2022
They're just upset they can't control the narrative
— Tainted halo (@taintedhalo45) November 28, 2022
The biggest "misinformation" suppressed on social media over the last two years all turned out, in fact, to be true. When will this administration be forced to answer for that and be held accountable?
— Barry V (@BaronVonL) November 28, 2022
Democracy dies in darkness
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@from_maniac) November 28, 2022
Should have been keeping a better eye on it pre-Musk.
— Tommy Jordan (@ThomasJ17883210) November 28, 2022
2021: Twitter is a private company build your own lol
2022: Government is thinking of how to punish Twitter
2023: Now that Twitter is socialized, build your own lol
— Razor (@hale_razor) November 28, 2022
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“We demand they restrict speech to the government narrative, or face consequences.” -person who ironically pretends to hate fascism
— Jason “Storm Chaser” Nelson (@RealJasonNelson) November 28, 2022
Somebody would need to keep a close eye on the White House… Lots of things not so good going on there.
— Pantheraverde (@Pantheraverde) November 28, 2022
They should be keeping a closer eye on the constitution
— Odin’s Lament (@odinslament) November 28, 2022
I thought all eyes would be on FTX and its owner that embezzled billions.
— Ysaís Martínez (@MartinezYsais) November 28, 2022
"The memes are getting too powerful, shut it down" pic.twitter.com/lCTqbQ06Cg
— JgaltTweets (@JgaltTweets) November 28, 2022
They’re taking the CBS approach. Monitoring the situation
— D’Shaun Maddeauxn X 🇰🇪 (@1withdirt) November 28, 2022
Uh-oh, it looks like Elon Musk is ready to drop some more disinformation:
The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
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