A video from Fox News host Tucker Carlson was one of many videos the White House reportedly asked Facebook to censor in 2021.
Documents in a lawsuit from the Attorneys General of Louisiana and Missouri show Biden administration officials asked the social media platform to limit the reach of several anti-vaccine videos, including Carlson’s.
Facebook told White House Director of Digital Media Rob Flaherty that it would limit the Carlson video in question by 50-percent, and would give itself seven days to fact-check the video.
“Regardless of popularity, the Tucker Carlson video does not qualify for removal under our policies. Following the government’s decision yesterday, we are allowing claims that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine causes blood clots, but we still do not allow categorical claims that it or other vaccines are unsafe or ineffective,” the social media giant emailed another White House official.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry believes this proves “collusion between big tech and big government”.
“Today’s reveal is yet another example of the ongoing coercive efforts by the White House to pressure social media companies into censoring American citizens,” said Landry.
