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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/10/2024 09:16 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 07/10/2024 11:52 AM
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How the World's Biggest Brands Seek to Control Online Speech
Washington, DC...Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, " GARM's Harm: How the World's Biggest Brands Seek to Control Online Speech." This report details how large corporations, advertising agencies, and industry associations through the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and specifically its Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) initiative participated in boycotts and coordinated action to demonetize platforms, podcasts, news outlets, and other content that GARM and its members deem disfavored.
Although GARM claims not to impact content moderation policies, or the rules that dictate what content can appear online, the Committee’s investigation shows that GARM’s efforts are aimed at removing and defunding certain content and voices, including:
- GARM directed its members to boycott Twitter after Elon Musk acquired the company. Although Rob Rakowitz, the leader of GARM, denied having done so in his transcribed interview before the Committee, a GARM member documented discussions about the boycott, noting that the company had pulled advertisements from Twitter based on GARM's recommendations.
- GroupM, a GARM Steer Team member, attempted to pressure Spotify into censoring Joe Rogan due to his views on the COVID-19 vaccine. GroupM even asked Spotify how it could reconcile being a member of GARM with its stance against misinformation and threatened to halt advertising across Spotify if the platform did not take action against Joe Rogan.
- Unilever, a GARM Steer Team member, sought to have a Trump campaign ad flagged as misinformation, aiming to effectively remove the ad from the platform. Facebook, however, maintains a policy of not fact-checking political candidates to ensure Americans can see speech from elected officials and hold them accountable. GARM's founder criticized this policy of transparency as "honestly reprehensible."
- GARM documents obtained by the Committee show an anti-conservative bias that permeates GARM's board of directors, known as its Steer Team. When discussing conservative media outlets such as The Daily Wire, Fox News, and Breitbart, employees from GroupM stated that they hated those outlets' ideology and even discussed placing these outlets on GroupM's exclusion lists.
The information uncovered to date regarding WFA and GARM's collusive conduct in demonetizing disfavored content is alarming. The Committee will continue its investigation into companies involved in this conduct to inform potential legislative reforms.Read the full interim staff report here. Read the report's appendix here.
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Judiciary Committee
Posted on: 2024-07-10 13:52:46
By: Anonymous
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Led by a pedophile thar has his nose stuck in Trump's keester.
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Posted on: 2024-07-10 14:42:49
By: Anonymous
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I know of a biden lover that lives on Live Oak Dr. that sticks his snout up my Keester.
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Posted on: 2024-07-10 16:07:41
By: Anonymous
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Jim Jordan is a doofus. Imagine if this committee was doing real work for the American people instead of complaining about how they don’t get enough likes online.
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Posted on: 2024-07-11 08:48:59
By: Anonymous
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AMEN
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Posted on: 2024-07-11 09:36:17
By: Anonymous
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Is that the dishwasher, refrigerator committee? Or the impeach everyone committee.
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Posted on: 2024-07-11 09:43:34
By: Anonymous
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Jim Jordon wanted to stop President Biden from taking office. Americans considered such things a crime. Taking classified top secret documents out of the White House. Americans see this a highly illegal breach of the law. Obstruction of Justice. Hiding documents from FBI during a Search Warrant. If anyone else on the planet tries this. Years and Years in federal prison.
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Posted on: 2024-07-11 09:50:40
By: Anonymous
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I don’t need a MAGA Supreme Court. To tell us Trump is Unfit for office. We see it with our own eyes. A criminal with a long criminal record. For Christ Sake. Trump and Jeffery Epstein. Trump took flights with Epistein and young women. He should be removed as the Republican nominee at once.
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Posted on: 2024-07-11 10:55:38
By: Anonymous
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There sure are alot of pictures of trump and Epstein hanging out though, right?
And several reports of trump being with girls (not women), it’s really quite a lot to ignore…
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