Sen. Eric Schmitt decried the censorship-industrial complex that enables public-private partnership to ‘censor Americans.’
America is facing an “existential threat” from a “vast censorship enterprise,” according to Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri.
“This vast censorship enterprise represents an existential threat to the American way of life,” Schmitt said in a statement to The Federalist. “Over the past decade, we’ve watched as a global system of government bureaucrats, shadowy NGOs, Big Tech companies, and far-left activist groups have worked hand-in-glove to censor Americans.”
The federal government’s anti-speech activities have been obvious for years — from censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story to silencing concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine to targeting conservative media like The Federalist. But yesterday, Schmitt published a thread on X illustrating how components of this vast censorship-industrial complex have been colluding to control public discourse.
“The censorship-industrial complex wasn’t built overnight. It’s been festering for years,” Schmitt posted to X. “But the Biden administration mobilized an unholy alliance of government power, taxpayer dollars, NGOs and Big Tech companies to build it into a global censorship powerhouse.” […]
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