A new report tells us that X, formerly called Twitter, is the worst because it allows free speech. That is, it allows people to say what they like about climate change. Isn't that terrible?
What's worse is that actual journalists are taking this seriously atย The Guardianย andย The Verge. We'd normally think journalists would be alert to the dangers of censorship, but that's not how this modern world seems to work.
The reportย measures how well the various social media platforms (from Pinterest through Meta, YouTube and TikTok to Twitter) obey the demands of the report writers (largely Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth). Twitter the least, Pinterest the most. Well, OK, but it's when we look at what those demands are that we've got to worry.ย
Because this is how this always works, it's necessary to move through aย couple of other reportsย to get to theย actual demand.ย
โClimate disinformation and misinformation refers to deceptive or misleading content that: undermines the existence or impacts of climate change, the unequivocal human influence on climate change, and the need for corresponding urgent action according to the IPCC scientific consensus and in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement; Misrepresents scientific data, including by omission or cherry-picking, in order to erode trust in climate science, climate-focused institutions, experts, and solutions;โ
That is, no one is allowed โ or to be allowed โ to say things on social media that conflict, in the slightest, with the woker and more progressive view of climate change. William Nordhaus won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on climate change, and his solutions wouldn't pass this test. Nor would most of the Stern Review, the 1200-page report for the British government.
ย But our point here isn't about climate change, nor is it really about this particular report. It's the same thing we have been saying repeatedly. As soon as we have an insistence that mis- or dis- information cannot be said, we will have people who seek political power trying to define that mis- and dis- information. That's the way the world works โ those who desire power will be attracted to the means of having power.
This is also why the Founding Fathers insisted upon a free press โ because they knew this. Yes, the First Amendment is about government power over the press. But the risks and dangers don't change just because it's different power seekers over our more modern press and town square, social media.
They want to limit what we can say so that their plans and not alternatives get enacted. We cannot allow this censorship whether they're wrong or not (we think they are, but that's not the point). Unless we hear all the views, facts and opinions, how can it be possible to work out what is true?ย
And no, the correct answer to that question is not to allow those who would have power over us to do that defining. The โtruthโ they allow will be what bolsters that power, not what benefits us.
That's why it's the first of the amendments โ only free speech leads to liberty.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย American Liberty News.
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If censoring then Yes
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The climate in my Colorado mountain town changed this summer to arctic. Summer lasted 15 days.
No Media=No Free Speech
“X” may not be the best way to fight climate change, but it is miles ahead of anything else to fight climate change insanity.
there is no such thing as ‘scientific consensus’. The founder of The Weather Channel just have a beatdown to that bald headed bozo who used to work for CNN. Man-made climate change is false narrative, devised to gain government power, chiefly left-wing government power same as the Covid crapola.
“A report” What is wrong with telling us where this report came from. Irresponsible reporting here.
From the article:
“But our point here isn’t about climate change NOR IS IT REALLY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR REPORT. It’s the same thing we have been saying repeatedly. As soon as we have an insistence that mis- or dis- information cannot be said, we will have people who seek political power trying to define that mis- and dis- information. That’s the way the world works โ those who desire power will be attracted to the means of having power.”
The Left wants to control what you know!
Free Speech is a bad thingโฆonly if youโre a Communist Change Agent!
Pay attention. They tell you exactly who they are!
Who in Blue Blazes Said X had any responsibility in fighting climate change?
I have a flash for many people. Nothing that we can sensibly do will make a major difference without literally harming society by ruining economies and creating conditions that will return life expectancies to early 20th-century levels by restricting cold weather heating levels, and the use of air conditioning which some people consider to be an important reason for increased life expectanacy levels.
The worst way is to allow all the mental idiots who are pushing their garbage on the climate to continue their fake drivel to continue.