Senator Hawley: Big Tech “Acting Like Arms Of The Government”; “It’s Scary Stuff”

“It really is censorship.”

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley warned Thursday that big tech is “acting like arms of the government” after the White House admitted that it is asking Facebook to comply with censoring anyone who posts content it deems to be “misinformation”.

Here’s the backstory:

🚨🚨: Jen Psaki says the Biden administration is actively flagging what they deem "disinformation" about the pandemic to Facebook for censoring.

What could go wrong?? pic.twitter.com/THz85cqi3R

— John Cooper (@thejcoop) July 15, 2021

Tucker Carlson discusses the Biden admin teaming up with Facebook to censor “misinformation.” pic.twitter.com/XLyKjgqyTd

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) July 16, 2021

If you don't find it deeply disturbing that the White House is "flagging" internet content that they deem "problematic" to their Facebook allies for removal, then you are definitionally an authoritarian. No other information is needed about you to know that.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 15, 2021

Appearing on Fox News, Hawley warned “I think it’s really scary to have the federal government of the United States, the White House compiling lists of people, organizations, whatever and going to a private company that by the way is a monopoly – Facebook – and saying you need to censor.”

“I just think that this kind of coordination between big government and the big monopoly corporation, boy that is scary stuff,” Hawley said, adding “It really is censorship.”