{"id":87368,"date":"2022-11-05T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T18:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=87368"},"modified":"2022-11-05T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T18:23:07","slug":"87368","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=87368","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Cough*<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House has officially DELETED this tweet after getting absolutely humiliated by reality check<\/p>\n<p>GET REKT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eZPgjLtfq\">pic.twitter.com\/4eZPgjLtfq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1587847468275929089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*Cough*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/biden-bashes-elon-musk-twitter-for-spewing-lies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not his favorite: Biden bashes Elon Musk and Twitter for spreading &#8216;lies all across the world&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden criticized Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter during a campaign rally in Illinois on Friday, warning the new ownership would lead to the spread of &#8220;lies all across the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The president lamented Musk\u2019s suggestion that he would roll back Twitter\u2019s content moderation policies, arguing it would lead to a spread of misinformation on the site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s concerns have been echoed by several others who have criticized Musk\u2019s new ownership, claiming it would lead to a platform of hate speech and disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elon Musk goes out and buys an outlet that sends \u2014 that spews lies all across the world,&#8221; Biden said during a campaign event for Reps. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and Sean Casten (D-IL). &#8220;There are no editors anymore in America. \u2026 How do we expect kids to be able to understand what is at stake? What is at stake? So there&#8217;s a lot going on, a lot going on. But we have an enormous opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has repeatedly said he intends to roll back some of the social media platform\u2019s content moderation policies but has maintained it would not devolve into &#8220;a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.&#8221; The billionaire later announced he would create a council to oversee content moderation, noting \u201cno major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s leadership has raised concerns for several, prompting a group of more than 40 organizations to pen a letter to Twitter\u2019s top advertisers, calling on the companies to stop financing the platform because it has become &#8220;inundated with hate and disinformation.&#8221; Meanwhile, several conservatives have celebrated Musk\u2019s ownership, lamenting Twitter\u2019s censorship policies and arguing they unfairly target right-leaning content.<\/p>\n<p>The new Twitter CEO has defended his policies, arguing \u201caccurate information\u201d would never be blocked or censored from the platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,&#8221; Musk wrote in an open letter. &#8220;There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right-wing and far left-wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Cough* The White House has officially DELETED this tweet after getting absolutely humiliated by reality check GET REKT. pic.twitter.com\/4eZPgjLtfq &mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 2, 2022 *Cough* Not his favorite: Biden bashes Elon Musk and Twitter for spreading &#8216;lies all across the world&#8217; President Joe Biden criticized Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter during a campaign &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=87368\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-hypocrisy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87372,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87368\/revisions\/87372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}