Congressional Republicans referred to it as a “big win” as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg eventually admitted to collusion between Twitter and the authorities to judge free speech. But the true success will come just if Congress holds those innocent of” legal right breaches” accountable, Steve Friend said.
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A friend, a senior fellow at Center for Renewing America and a journalist for the FBI, told me in an exclusive interview with PJ Media that clarity is n’t powerful without corresponding responsibilities. Congress may use its “power of the bag” to prosecute the government organizations Zuckerberg cited as using unlawful means.
According to Friend,” Mr. Zuckerberg’s statement provides compelling evidence that the federal government deputized social media companies in an unconstitutional manner to restrict Americans ‘ free speech.” Therefore,” Congress must use its power of the purse as a leverage to force the Department of Justice to launch criminal prosecutions against the worst offenders in the upcoming budget fight” ( p. 89 ). The FBI and Biden White House were the two organizations that spearheaded the repression of COVID-19 and election-related information, according to Zuckerberg.
House Judiciary Committee Republicans shared Zuckerberg’s text on X, saying,” Mark Zuckerberg only admitted three items: 1. Biden-Harris Admin ‘ pressured’ Facebook to judge Americans. 2. Twitter censored Americans. 3. The Hunter Biden laptop narrative was throttled by Facebook. Great win for completely speech”. But as Friend said,” The moment for accountability has passed. We need accountability”.
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Republicans in Congress have a terrible and dangerous habit of talking up a menace before reversing their efforts to reduce it. Although Congress has control over the resources, congressional Republicans have so far given up all cash fights to radical Liberals and the very state organizations that worked to thwart First Amendment rights under the management of both Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson.
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However, Republicans have a chance to uphold their own rhetoric. A prospective budget battle is already in the works as the appropriations method has already begun. The FBI/DOJ, the Biden White House, and other government entities — including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , ( CDC ) — put serious pressure on Meta to censor speech across its multiple platforms. May their flagrant breaches of the Constitution result in impunity?
Congress may take motion ahead of the 2024 election. Biden’s VP Kamala Harris, one of the officers implicated in the repression battle, is of course running to become president. And Zuckerberg particularly made the FBI’s accusations against the FBI in rigging the 2020 vote by allowing them to influence the Hunter Biden laptop incident. In a previous MRC surveys, there was proof that this censorship had a significant impact on the 2020 election in Biden’s favor.  ,
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If the same thing does n’t happen this time, there must be financial repercussions for trying to silence the American people.
