A cikin Maris 2021, Fadar White House ta Biden ta ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin ba da izini ga tsarin mulki don hana Amurkawa siyan littattafan siyasa marasa amfani daga Amazon.
Yunkurin, wanda masu sharhi a Fadar White House ciki har da Andy Slavitt da Rob Flaherty suka jagoranta, ya fara ne a ranar 2 ga Maris, 2021, lokacin da Slavitt ya aika imel ga Amazon yana neman yin magana da wani jami'in zartarwa game da "manyan matakan farfaganda da rashin fahimta da kuma rashin fahimta."
Tattaunawar tasu ta biyo baya har yanzu ba a san ta ba, amma kwanan nan da aka fitar ta imel daga kwamitin shari'a na majalisar ya nuna cewa masu yin katsalandan sun cimma nasarar da suka yi niyya. A cikin mako guda, Amazon ya ɗauki manufar hana inuwa.
Jami'an kamfanin sun rubuta a cikin imel na cikin gida, "Tsarin wannan buƙatar shine zargi daga gwamnatin Biden game da litattafai masu mahimmanci da muke ba da manyan wurare, kuma ya kamata a magance su cikin gaggawa." Sun kara fayyace cewa manufar ta kasance "saboda suka daga mutanen Biden," mai yiwuwa ma'anar Slavitt da Flaherty.
A lokacin, "bayanan maganin rigakafi" ya kasance magana don gaskiyar da ba ta dace ba. Watanni biyar bayan yakin cin hanci da rashawa na Amazon, Twitter ya haramta Alex Berenson bisa ga umarnin Gwamnati na lura cewa harbin ba ya hana kamuwa da cuta ko yadawa. Sanata Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) ya ba da misali da haramcin sa na Twitter a cikin wani Satumba 2021 wasika zuwa Amazon suna kira da a kara sanya idanu kan littattafai.
Irin wannan tsari ya faru a Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg rubuta a cikin imel na cikin gida wanda dandamali ya yanke shawarar dakatar da ikirarin da ke da alaƙa da ka'idar leak a cikin Fabrairu 2021 bayan "tattaunawar tashin hankali tare da sabon Gudanarwa." Hakazalika shugaban Facebook Nick Clegg ya rubuta cewa sanya takunkumin ya faru ne saboda "matsi daga gwamnatin Biden da sauran su don yin ƙari." Wani imel na Facebook na ciki daga Agusta 2021 ya rubuta cewa kamfanin ya aiwatar da sabbin manufofin "raguwar fahimta" da ke fitowa daga ci gaba da sukar tsarinmu daga gwamnatin (Biden).
Ba wai kawai kiran gwamnatin Biden ba de a zahiri shine haramcin littafin yana haifar da danne bayanan gaskiya game da kulle-kulle, raunin allurar rigakafi, da ka'idar leak; ya kuma kasance karara karya ga Kwaskwarimar Farko.
Kotun koli ta auna shari'ar kusan kusan shekaru sittin da suka gabata.
A cikin 1956, majalisar dokokin Rhode Island ta kirkiro "Hukumar Rhode Island don Ƙarfafa ɗabi'a a cikin Matasa." Kamar "lafin lafiyar jama'a" ko "haɗuwa," harshe marar lahani shine Dokin Trojan don tantancewa.
Hukumar ta aike da sanarwa zuwa shagunan sayar da littattafai da dillalan litattafai wadanda ke da yuwuwar keta dokokin batsa na Rhode Island. Dillalan litattafan sun kalubalanci kundin tsarin mulki na Hukumar, kuma karar ta kai ga Kotun Koli a ciki Bantam Books v. Sullivan.
The New York Times ' description na shari'ar daga 1962 za a iya jujjuya shi zuwa labarin zamani akan Fayilolin Amazon, amma The Grey Lady ta ɗauki labarin. rashin dacewa don bugawa kuma ya yi watsi da ayoyin gaba ɗaya.
Masu kalubalantar sun bayar da hujjar cewa Hukumar ta yi "a matsayin tace" yayin da gwamnati "ta ce manufarta ita ce kawai ilmantar da mutane," Times bayyana. Gwamnati, tana neman ci gaba da kula da fuskarta mai kyau, ta nace "fatan [shi ne] dila zai 'ba da haɗin kai' ta hanyar kin sayar da litattafai da mujallu masu alamar."
Amma kiran da Gwamnati ta yi na “haɗin kai” wata barazana ce da ba a ɓoye ba. Hukumar ba kawai ta sanar da masu sayar da littattafai ba; sun kuma aika kwafin sanarwar zuwa ga ’yan sandan yankin, wadanda “koyaushe suna kiran dillalai a cikin kwanaki 10 da sanarwar don ganin ko an janye abubuwan da suka aikata,” a cewar dilolin littafin.
"Wannan hanya ta haifar da tasirin da ake so na tsoratar da sayar da littattafan da ake ganin ba a so," in ji wani dillalin littafin The Times. Sun yarda, "ba sa son yin cudanya da doka."
Kotun Koli ta yanke hukuncin 8-1 cewa rahotannin Kwamitin sun keta haƙƙin tsarin mulki na dillalan littattafan. Mai shari’a William O. Douglas ya rubuta a cikin wani ra’ayi mai ma’ana: “Wannan tantama ce a zahiri; kuma a ra’ayi na tantancewa da haƙƙin gyare-gyare na farko ba su dace ba.”
Anan, mun sake ganin tacewa a cikin danyen; ‘Yan barandan gwamnati, suna amfani da karfin gwamnatin tarayya na Amurka, suna kira da a dakile bayanan da suka ga ba su dace ba a siyasance. Suna fakewa da yare mara lahani na “lafin lafiyar jama’a” da “abokan haɗin gwiwa na jama’a da masu zaman kansu,” amma “buƙatun” na Leviathan suna ɗauke da barazana sarai.
Kamar yadda muka rubuta a cikin "Henchmen na Censors"Bukatun tauhidi daga Fadar White House Rob Flaherty da Andy Slavitt kamar tambayoyin 'yan iska ne. 'Yan watanni bayan bukatar Amazon, Flaherty ya rubuta wa Facebook cewa, "Muna matukar damuwa da cewa sabis ɗin ku na ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da jinkirin rigakafi - lokaci." Daga nan sai bukatu suka zo: "Muna so mu san cewa kuna ƙoƙari, muna so mu san yadda za mu iya taimakawa, kuma muna so mu san cewa ba ku yin wasan harsashi… Wannan zai zama mafi sauƙi idan kun kasance tare da mu kawai."
A wasu kalmomin, za mu iya yin haka a hanya mai sauƙi ko kuma ta wahala. Kyakkyawan kamfani da kuke da shi a nan - zai zama abin kunya idan wani abu ya same shi.
Lokacin da kamfanoni suka ƙi yin biyayya, 'yan barandan Biden sun amsa da wulakanci. Facebook ya yi watsi da wata bukata ta cece-kuce, kuma Flaherty ya fashe: "Shin ku da gaske kuke? Ina son amsa kan abin da ya faru a nan kuma ina son shi a yau."
Rashin yin biyayya zai yi barazana ga manyan ayyukan kwangilar gwamnati na Amazon. A cikin Afrilu 2022, Amazon samu kwangilar dala biliyan 10 daga NSA. Daga baya waccan shekarar, sojojin ruwa na Amurka ba Amazon kwangilar lissafin girgije na dala miliyan 724, kuma Pentagon ta ba Amazon ƙarin $ 9 biliyan a cikin kwangiloli. Amazon kuma yana da kwangiloli masu gudana tare da CIA wanda zai iya zama darajar "dubun biliyoyin" na daloli.
"Haɗin kai" shine abin da ake buƙata don waɗannan yarjejeniyoyin riba. Shekaru sittin da suka gabata, Kotun ta amince da barazanar da gwamnati ke bukata na "haɗin kai" da ke haifar da 'yanci a cikin Littattafan Bantam. Shekaru goma bayan haka, Kotun ta yanke hukunci Norwood da Harrison cewa yana da "axiomatic cewa wata jiha ba za ta iya jawowa, ƙarfafawa ko inganta mutane masu zaman kansu don cim ma abin da tsarin mulki ya haramta ba."
Tun daga wannan lokacin, hauhawar kudaden da gwamnati ke kashewa da kuma hada-hadar jama’a da masu zaman kansu sun kara dagula alakar da ke tsakanin gwamnati da masu zaman kansu ta hanyar cin gajiyar ‘yancinmu.
Wahayin Amazon na baya-bayan nan ya kara wa masu tace fina-finan batsa na ban tsoro da aka gano a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Kotun koli za ta yanke hukunci kan ginshikin yakin da ake yi tsakanin ‘yancin fadin albarkacin baki da na Biden Cosa Nostra watan gobe in Murthy da Missouri.
A halin yanzu, ayoyin suna ci gaba da zubowa, suna ƙara abin da muka sani amma har yanzu suna ɓoye cikar abin da wataƙila ya kasance yana faruwa. Wani abin da ke kara wahalhalun shi ne yadda su kansu ba a ba da labarin fallasa ba, lamarin da ke haifar da tambayoyi masu tsanani dangane da yadda kafafen yada labarai masu zaman kansu suka rage bayan wannan mugunyar ta’addancin da aka yi wa ‘yancin fadin albarkacin baki da aka yi ba tare da wata doka ba da kuma sa idon jama’a.
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Labarai daga Cibiyar Brownstone, ƙungiyar sa-kai da aka kafa a watan Mayu na 2021 don tallafawa al'umma da ke rage rawar tashin hankali a rayuwar jama'a.
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