Report: Social media has restricted 808 posts about COVID-19

Social media platforms have restricted 808 posts about COVID-19 as part of an effort to reduce misinformation about vaccines since the pandemic started, according to a new report from a conservative media watchdog.

The Media Research Center’s CensorTrack Report: COVID-19 report found that the restrictions hit seven members of Congress, 41 medical and scientific professionals, 70 media personalities and 21 news outlets between March 17, 2020 and Feb. 3 of this year.

The list of restricted social media users ranged from podcaster Joe Rogan and Fox News host Tucker Carlson to the libertarian Reason Magazine and the British Medical Journal.

“Big tech took advantage of the virus to seize even more power over what can be said online,” said Brent Bozell, the research center’s president. “It doesn’t matter who you are — commentators, senators, congressmen, even doctors — Big Tech can silence you just like Communist China censors any opposition.”

The report found that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Ads, TikTok and YouTube restricted users by limiting the reach of their posts, suspending their accounts over fact-checking and even banning some users.

On Dec. 29, Twitter suspended the account of vaccine skeptic Dr. Robert Malone, an epidemiologist who contributed early research to the mRNA vaccine technology now used in COVID-19 vaccines, for “violating our policy on spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19.”

.https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/15/report-social-media-has-restricted-808-posts-about/

boycott

Report: Social media has restricted 808 posts about COVID-19

Report: Social media has restricted 808 posts about COVID-19

Anarcho-Capitalist Categorical Imperatives

More Via AnCaps: Culture, Art & Media