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BumRushDaShow

(142,420 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2024, 02:50 AM Oct 25

House Republican threatens to subpoena Biden administration over alleged social media censorship

Source: NBC News

Oct. 24, 2024, 3:56 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 24, 2024, 4:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON — The top Republican on a key House subcommittee threatened to issue a subpoena to the Biden administration Thursday as her panel probes whether the federal government is attempting to limit information being shared on social media platforms ahead of November's elections.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation, is seeking communications between the administration and social media companies, like Facebook-owner Meta.

The subpoena threat, shared first with NBC News, comes after Mace requested that information in September and the administration did not respond. In a letter to the White House, obtained by NBC News, Mace wrote that it is the responsibility of the administration to be transparent about their interactions with social media companies before the election, so voters are aware of what steps the government may be taking to limit the flow of certain types of information.

“The Biden-Harris Administration has advertised its willingness to manipulate the content of social media sites,” Mace wrote, pointing to the administration’s 2021 admission that it worked with social media companies to flag misinformation on their platforms, including related to Covid-19.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/house-republicans-subpoena-biden-administration-alleged-social-media-c-rcna177099

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House Republican threatens to subpoena Biden administration over alleged social media censorship (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 25 OP

With only a few months left? RandySF Oct 25 #1

*throws straws at the GOP* sakabatou Oct 25 #2

Someone needs to tell Nancy... littlemissmartypants Oct 25 #3

IMO, content on social media should have to conform to truth. sinkingfeeling Oct 25 #4

Good Freaking Grief! OldBaldy1701E Oct 25 #5

Internal polling Icanthinkformyself Oct 25 #6

I love that "ThEy WoNt LeT uS lIe!!!!!1!" is the closing message they are going with. nt Gore1FL Oct 25 #7

they're still mad about Hunter Biden's dick pics? n/t PedroXimenez Oct 25 #8

RandySF

(70,644 posts)

1. With only a few months left?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 02:53 AM

Oct 25

Good luck with that.

sakabatou

(43,067 posts)

2. *throws straws at the GOP*

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 03:34 AM

Oct 25

You seem to be clutching onto these.

littlemissmartypants

(25,497 posts)

3. Someone needs to tell Nancy...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 05:33 AM

Oct 25

Her fifteen minutes of fame have expired.

sinkingfeeling

(53,001 posts)

4. IMO, content on social media should have to conform to truth.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 05:57 AM

Oct 25

And those making false information should be held accountable. Wish we could include the airways as well.
I'm so sick of disinformation and having any moron counter scientific facts with nonsense, I'd vote to give government the power to curb those 'first Amendment' rights.

OldBaldy1701E

(6,362 posts)

5. Good Freaking Grief!

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 07:03 AM

Oct 25

In a letter to the White House, obtained by NBC News, Mace wrote that it is the responsibility of the administration to be transparent about their interactions with social media companies before the election, so voters are aware of what steps the government may be taking to limit the flow of certain types of information.

Waaah!! They won't print our lies because they are lies! Unfair! Biased media! The whole thing is rigged!

STFD and STFU!!* You are angry because they won't be a party to your lies and obfuscationsl You are angry because you have nothing but lies and you can't handle the fact that you know you have nothing of merit and you refuse to actually be decent human beings.

Go shovel sand, little rethug creature. Your party is an affront to humanity and your candidate is a spoiled child who thinks he is a dictator.

You all will lose before this is all over. No one will ever trust a rethug again. No one will dare elect a rethug again.

(BTW, I am taking bets on whether or not we see some kind of 're-branding' from those idiots when they suffer the losses they are about to suffer. Slimy corporate thinking seems to believe that this equates a 'clean slate'. They actually think we are that stupid as to see a new flashy label and decide that they must be all better now and we can trust them again. You watch.)

*Sit The Fuck Down. Shut The Fuck Up.

Icanthinkformyself

(294 posts)

6. Internal polling

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 08:31 AM

Oct 25

must be showing her losing. So, rather than propose policies that would be good for the average American she goes for the distraction. Typical conservative. No dialog, discussion or debate. It's sad what the conservatives have done to this country. They should self-deport.

Gore1FL

(21,894 posts)

7. I love that "ThEy WoNt LeT uS lIe!!!!!1!" is the closing message they are going with. nt

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 08:55 AM

Oct 25

PedroXimenez

(599 posts)

8. they're still mad about Hunter Biden's dick pics? n/t

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 09:01 AM

Oct 25

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