Democratic congressman says it was a mistake for Twitter to suppress stories on Hunter Biden and Big Tech shouldn't be the 'arbiter of the truth'

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said in an interview Thursday that it was a mistake for Twitter to suppress stories about Hunter Biden's laptop.

'I am not for having either the government, or you know, tech companies ultimately being the arbiter of truth,' Khanna said in a Zoom interview with Joe Lonsdale for the American Optimist podcast. 'In the book, I write about how I thought it was a mistake for Twitter to take down some of the stuff about Hunter Biden.'

In October, Twitter locked The New York Post out of its account after the newspaper shared its stories based on files found in a laptop abandoned at a computer store in Delaware by the first son.

At the time, Twitter said The Post violated the company's policies on sharing 'hacked materials.'

DailyMail.com later independently authenticated material from the laptop.

Twitter demanded that six tweets linking to Post stories be deleted.

The social media company backed down after the Newscorp-owned New York City tabloid refused to remove the offending tweets.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10403473/Ro-Khanna-Twitter-mistake-suppressing-Hunter-Biden-laptop-story.html

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Doctors call out Spotify over ‘tidal wave’ of COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ spread by Joe Rogan

Washington: A coalition of hundreds of doctors and public health experts have called out Spotify for allowing Joe Rogan to spread “false and societally harmful assertions” about the coronavirus and vaccination on the streaming platform that hosts his wildly popular podcast.

In an open letter published on Monday, more than 270 medical professionals urge Spotify to stop “enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance.”

Rogan, whose show reaches an estimated audience of 11 million people an episode, has repeatedly downplayed the need for coronavirus vaccines and used his platform to flirt with misinformation about COVID-19.

“Though Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, the company presently has no misinformation policy,” the group wrote in the letter.

“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread misleading and false claims on his podcast, provoking distrust in science and medicine.”

Although the coalition is not asking for Spotify to cancel The Joe Rogan Experience, the group is pushing for the company to do more to prevent further misinformation from spreading on what is considered the nation’s most popular podcast.

Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health who signed the letter, said that the group of medical professionals came together to “fight against this tidal wave of misinformation” broadcast on Rogan’s show.

“I actually think he’s a menace to public health because he speaks on things that have no scientific backing,” she said Friday. “I’m to that point now where if I don’t use my platform to advocate for public health, who is going to do it?”

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/doctors-call-out-spotify-over-tidal-wave-of-covid-19-misinformation-spread-by-joe-rogan-20220115-p59oh2.html

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