The Left has lost monopoly control of the narrative.
Social media platforms have allowed for more information to be shared.
And Jim Jordan uncovered one elaborate plot to shut up conservatives.
The Democrat Media Complex has considerable power over what people are allowed to think.
But that power has diminished due to the internet and social platforms, which have paved the way for conservative media outlets to grow.
Instead of attempting to out-compete them, legacy gatekeepers want to shut them out.
Censorship constellation
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is pulling the threads of the Left’s censorship efforts.
Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter demanding answers on organizations attempting to silence conservative platforms through organized advertiser boycotts.
Jordan wrote, “The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of the adequacy and enforcement of U.S. antitrust laws. The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) through its Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) initiative may be acting inconsistent with U.S. antitrust laws and congressional intent by coordinating GARM members’ efforts to demonetize and eliminate disfavored content online. Accordingly, to inform our oversight and potential legislative remedies, we write to ask Unilever to preserve and provide documents and information.”
Independent journalists have discovered a cat’s cradle of organizations that smear certain websites and online accounts as hateful or dangerous spreads of disinformation and misinformation.
Some of these organizations are taking money from the federal government, which means that the government is effectively engaging in censorship and violating the First Amendment.
Jordan continued, “Unilever’s position on GARM’s Steer Team places Unilever at the center of many of the concerning actions GARM and its members coordinated. Evidence the Committee has obtained suggests that GARM members, led by Steer Team members, are colluding to demonetize conservative platforms and voices. Further, this coordination does not always revolve around ‘brand safety’ and ‘harmful’ content as GARM publicly claims, but instead the desire to censor conservative and other views that GARM members disfavor. Communications the Committee has reviewed directly connects Unilever with these efforts.”
Labeling certain voices as “hateful” or spreaders of “disinformation” creates a pretext for advertisers to pull out and for the government to launch investigations.
Big players
Major corporations are entangled in this web.
The World Economic Forum released in a statement, “GARM focuses on viewer safety for consumers, reducing risks for advertisers, developing credibility for digital platforms and, more broadly, ensuring a sustainable online ecosystem. . .Partners involved in the Global Alliance for Responsible Media through the Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment and Sport include companies such as LEGO Group, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, NBC Universal – MSNBC, Dentsu Group, WPP (through GroupM), Interpublic Group, Publicis Groupe, Omnicom Group, Facebook and Google.”
So, some of the biggest companies in the world are participating, whether they know it or not, in a mass censorship operation.
Jordan and the Republicans need to nip this in the bud before it becomes yet another extension of the Washington, D.C. Swamp.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
