Will pro-CensorshipLiberals finally get a taste of their own medicine?
One of President Joe Bidenâs official tweets was hit with a Twitter notice Friday, with the Social media platform providing âcontextâ that made the Democrat look like a total Pinocchio.
The tweet in question made bold claims about the tax ramifications of Bidenâs Inflation Reduction Act.
Biden claimed his spending bill (one of them, rather) would hit 55 big corporations that donât pay federal Taxes with a bill from the federal government.
What Biden claimed were the âfactsâ were quickly debunked â through a Twitter âreaders added contextâ notice, no less.
The âBirdwatchâ fact check-style feature that Twitter slapped Biden with isnât a new innovation of Elon Muskâs reign at the company. However, its use on a Biden tweet could signal a new era for the Social media platform, which has a history of targeting Conservatives.
The Twitter program was released in January 2021, promising to âaddress misleading informationâ using the input of selected Twitter users, rather than the tech companyâs full-time cadre of Censorship specialists.
It was expanded in September, according to a report on the technology site The Verge, which noted that ânce a Birdwatch note is attached to a tweet, users are 15 to 35 percent less likely to engage with it compared to users who arenât shown the note.â
The Birdwatch âreader contextâ attached to Bidenâs tweet cited analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act from Reuters, pointing out that only the most profitable big companies would pay new federal Taxes under the legislation.
Biden has used the â55 companiesâ line before, but itâs not accurate, according to The Washington Post. The legislation only hits 14 big companies with a new federal tax bill, according to a Post analysis.
Some pointed to the unusual Biden fact check as the Democratâs first taste of an even playing field on Twitter â now that pro-Free Speech mega billionaire Elon Musk is in charge of the company.
Twitterâfact checksâ and âcontextâ notices have been predominantly used against Conservatives, most frequently during the 2020 election.
The platform-implemented notices have been less common during President Joe Bidenâs tenure, in what must be a complete and total coincidence.
Itâs not clear to what extent the embarrassing âfact checkâ is the result of Muskâs acquisition of the company.
However, itâs definitely possible that Twitterâs Censorship team decided to slap Biden with one of the bizarre notices to justify their current operating methods to the companyâs new ownership.
In any event, all indications suggest that Musk isnât going to accept Twitterâs current policies as the path forward for the company.
Musk has pledged serious changes to Twitterâs discriminatory content moderation policies, promising that a team with âwidely diverseâ viewpoints will determine the future of Twitterâs âmoderationâ regime.
Perhaps if Biden objects to being âfact-checkedâ on Twitter, he can be politely reminded that Twitter is a private company, and that heâs free to take his Internet presence elsewhere.
Just as partisan Liberals have told Conservatives who objected to being censored for years.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.