Since the start of 2020, Big Tech’s efforts to control political and cultural narratives have been startlingly dystopian.  “Non-partisan” fact checkers label posts about COVID-19, elections, debates, speeches and vaccines as “false,” “partially false” or simply “misinformation,” despite the fact that many of these issues are currently under debate and discussion from a variety of angles and between experts . For example, in the most publicized story, several social media platforms  ousted the sitting president of the United States  from his accounts for content they disagreed with. Amazon  intercepted the marketing  of  Irreversible Damage , a book by investigative reporter Abigail Shrier that criticized the transgender movement. They even went so far as to  entirely remove  a similarly critical book by Ryan T. Anderson,  When Harry Became Sally . Conservative pundits and outlets such as  Live Action ,  The Babylon Bee  and  LifeSiteNews have seen their accounts, viewership and content suspended or attacked by the fact-checking bots. These represent just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to attacks on free speech.

In tandem with Big Tech’s influence and moderation power, social media users have watched a destructive trend emerge as angry internet mobs target and cancel individuals for expressing ideas that push against progressivism and political correctness. Armed with pitchforks in hand and ready for a witch hunt, “cancel culture” has led to many unpersons (to use  1984  Newspeak lingo referring to erasing a deviant individual’s existence) finding themselves on the receiving end of  collective internet hatred in the form of doxxing, threats and reports for removal by the Tech platforms. In Orwell’s novel, Winston and his colleagues participated in a daily "Two Minutes Hate," a short propaganda video intended to rile up the audience against their political opponents and their ideologies, with the purpose of solidifying their love and allegiance to Big Brother. The destructive power of cancel culture has been in its ability to maliciously turn people against one another and create fear of public dialogue or debate, stirring hatred against politically and ideologically deviant “friends,” “followers” and “public figures.”

Over the last two years, the actions of Big Tech have generated a lot of controversy —controversy that is sure to escalate as censorship affects more and more Americans. Thankfully, there are members of Congress, governors of states and other leaders who are willing to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech . Conservatives must ensure that government protects our fundamental right to free speech, and that society cultivates our ability to dialogue, disagree and hold varying opinions. The First Amendment protects the rights of all Americans to speak their mind free of government coercion, regardless of which side of the aisle they fall on. This freedom is worth protecting.

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As of Saturday, the Post has not tweeted a link to any of its stories since Wednesday. The newspaper reported that Twitter is demanding that it remove links to its articles about Hunter Biden's emails

‘You will still need to delete the Tweets to regain access to your account.’

Twitter and Facebook had moved quickly this week to limit the spread of the story published by the conservative-leaning Post, which cited unverified emails from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son that were reportedly discovered by President Donald Trump’s allies.

Ken Burns blasted Facebook CEO  Mark Zuckerberg  as ‘an enemy of the state’ who ‘doesn’t give a s***’ about the United States and thinks he and his No. 2, Sheryl Sandberg, should be tried for crimes against humanity and put in prison.

‘He knows he can transcend it. He can get away to any place,’ Burns, the award-winning film documentarian and historian, told  The New York Times .

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The article and your contribution to it sums up the environment we are living in now exactly right.  

Our readers know it. You know, there are only supposed to be a few of them. That's the latest BS line coming from the left!

Another example of big tech doublespeak exposed:  

Tucker Carlson: Twitter brazenly deplatforms conservatives, then reminds Uganda that censorship is bad

Our Big Tech monopolies are authoritian, dishonest, ambitious and childishly stupid

Tucker Carlson January 12

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Our readers know it.

Just how do you know that?

Intuition.

Ah, behind that avatar is an XX chromosome.

Ah, yes.  The outside world knows that big tech social media merged with big government is a dystopian nightmare.  The left always tries to minimize the idea that we the people are on to them and their censorship and cancel culture schemes.  

Because many of them have had to go to Parler and MeWe and Gab and Rumble GETTR, Frank, etc. because places like Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet, became intolerant of a diversity of ideas where the concept of free speech is a complete anathema to them where it’s all about content control and view point discrimination.  

One that is right on!  

And your list has what to do with this site?

I didn’t realize that the seeded article was about this site.  Do you think it is?  The fact is that a lot of non member readers here and actual members too do use the alternative social media I mentioned instead of the current dominant ones. 

A conservative media watchdog says big players in the social media world clearly are giving anti-Semitism a pass, effectively allowing their platforms to spew things one might have heard in Nazi Germany decades ago. onenewsnow

Imagine a world where basic historical facts are contested daily, individuals who challenge the status quo are erased or “canceled” from society, and challenging viewpoints are crimes punishable by death. In George Orwell’s novel  1984 , Winston Smith’s world of Oceania is a bleak, totalitarian dystopia demanding uniformity of thought, societal conformity, and most of all, allegiance and love for Big Brother. Every day, Winston clocks into his job at the Ministry of Truth in the Records Department and sets about his one task — to rewrite history to fit the narrative of the day.

Reality, it seems, is often stranger than fiction. The term “Orwellian” has become a commonly used cliché, and yet the themes in  1984 are hitting increasingly close to home. In 2021, massive tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon have become bullies that can  promote ,  campaign for ,  rewrite the facts , or  silence whomever they please . In the name of  curbing “misinformation,”  Silicon Valley has exercised unchecked power over a social media-steeped society, assuming a position of authority for which Americans never cast their ballots in favor of.

1984 ’s Big Brother and 2021’s Big Tech have a lot in common — silencing dissenting voices and viewpoints through censorship. Orwell’s dystopian government implemented principles such as doublethink (rewriting facts, even if contradictory) and crimestop(halting dissenting views in their tracks) to curb those who questioned Big Brother’s authority. Notably, Big Tech monopolies have been on a run recently of  suppressing conservative voices  and ideas as their  executive leadership ,  philanthropy records  and  policies  conveniently favor the mainstream, progressive narrative. Increasingly, viewpoints deemed not politically correct are  purged from social media platforms and dissenting opinions are removed — or given a glaring “Fact-checkers deem this information ‘false’” tag .

Since the start of 2020, Big Tech’s efforts to control political and cultural narratives have been startlingly dystopian.  “Non-partisan” fact checkers label posts about COVID-19, elections, debates, speeches and vaccines as “false,” “partially false” or simply “misinformation,” despite the fact that many of these issues are currently under debate and discussion from a variety of angles and between experts . For example, in the most publicized story, several social media platforms  ousted the sitting president of the United States  from his accounts for content they disagreed with. Amazon  intercepted the marketing  of  Irreversible Damage , a book by investigative reporter Abigail Shrier that criticized the transgender movement. They even went so far as to  entirely remove  a similarly critical book by Ryan T. Anderson,  When Harry Became Sally . Conservative pundits and outlets such as  Live Action ,  The Babylon Bee  and  LifeSiteNews have seen their accounts, viewership and content suspended or attacked by the fact-checking bots. These represent just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to attacks on free speech.

In tandem with Big Tech’s influence and moderation power, social media users have watched a destructive trend emerge

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