Ci gaba da sakin Fayilolin Facebook ya bayyana manufar haɗin gwiwar Fadar White House da Big Tech: ka. Cece-kuce ba hari ne da aka yi niyya kan masu magana ba; Manufar ita ce hana ku, ɗan ƙasa, haƙƙin ku na samun damar bayanai.
'Yan jarida ciki har da Michael Shellenberger sun fallasa abin da suka kira "Censorship Industrial Complex," wani gidan yanar gizo mai cike da rudani na hukumomin gwamnati, kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da ke aiki tare don murkushe labaran da ba a amince da su ba.
Maza masu aiwatar da wannan tsarin suna samun ƙaramin talla. Amurkawa kadan ne ke karatu Albert Burleson, Woodrow Wilson's Postmaster General wanda ya kutsa kai cikin wasikun da fadar White House ta dauka na zagon kasa. Sunan Frank Wisner ba ya nan a cikin littattafan tarihi duk da kula da Operation Mockingbird, shirin CIA don kutsawa, yin tasiri, da sarrafa gidajen watsa labarai na Amurka.
Hakazalika, jama'a a yau ba su da masaniya game da sarakunan bayanansu, jami'an gwamnati da ake zargi da kai hare-hare a kan Gyaran Farko. Kamar sojoji a ciki The Sopranos, sun bukaci a bi su da barazanar ladabtarwa daga shugaban nasu.
Masu iko suna sanya takunkumi don biyan bukatun kansu yayin da suke da'awar hakan don amfanin jama'a. Suna amfani da abstract-tashin hankali don guje wa alhaki.
A cikin hali na Julian Assange, sun tauye masa hakkinsa na ‘yancin yada labarai da fakewa da shi tsaro na kasa; a yin haka, sun kai hari kan hakkin ku na sanin gaskiya game da Yaƙin Ta'addancin Amurka.
A cikin Gwamnatin Biden, sun yi amfani da mantras na jama'a kiwon lafiya don kwace muku haƙƙinku na Farko a cikin Zamanin Covid. Godiya ga Fayilolin Facebook da Missouri da Biden, yanzu mun sami kyakkyawar fahimta game da daidaikun mutanen da ke da hannu a cikin tsarin tantancewa. Rob Flaherty yana misalta girman kai da ke tattare da harin da aka yi akan Gyaran Farko.
'Yan sandan Tunanin Amurka: Rob Flaherty
Bayan yin aiki a yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Hillary Clinton da Beto O'Rourke, Flaherty ya shiga Fadar White House ta Biden a matsayin Daraktan Dabarun Digital a cikin Janairu 2021.
A cikin wannan rawar, ya yi aiki akai-akai tare da kamfanonin Big Tech don murkushe maganganun abokan adawar siyasa. "Ya ku mutanen banza ne?" Flaherty tambaye Facebook bayan kamfanin ya kasa tantance masu sukar rigakafin Covid. "Ina son amsa akan abin da ya faru a nan kuma ina son shi yau."
A wasu lokuta, Flaherty ya fi kai tsaye. "Don Allah a cire wannan asusun nan da nan," in ji shi ya gaya Twitter game da asusun parody na dangin Biden. Kamfanin ya tattara cikin sa'a guda.
Flaherty ya bayyana karara cewa ya damu da ikon siyasa, ba gaskiya ba ko disinformation. Ya bukaci Facebook ya toshe "sau da yawa abun ciki na gaskiya" wanda za a iya la'akari da shi "mai hankali." Ya tambayi shugabannin kamfanin ko za su iya yin katsalandan ga saƙonnin sirri da ke ɗauke da "lalata" a WhatsApp.
Flaherty daga baya ya bukaci don sanin yadda Facebook zai magance "abubuwan da ba su da tabbas, amma ba ƙarya ba." A cikin Fabrairu 2021, ya zargi Kamfanin na haifar da "tashin hankali na siyasa" ta hanyar ba da izinin abun ciki na "masu shakku na allurar rigakafi" akan dandalin sa.
Burinsa na sarrafa damar samun bayanai na Amurkawa na nufin kawar da kafofin watsa labarai masu mahimmanci. Ya bukaci Facebook ya rage yaduwar rahoton Tucker Carlson game da alakar rigakafin Johnson & Johnson zuwa ga gudan jini. "Akwai hannun jari 40,000 akan bidiyon. Wanene yake ganinsa yanzu? Nawa?" Kamar tauye wasiku na Burleson, harin Flaherty a kan Gyaran Farko ba a kai ga mai magana ba - manufar ita ce kare ikon siyasa ta hanyar hana 'yan ƙasa 'yancin samun damar bayanai.
"Ina sha'awar - NY Post tana fitar da labarai kowace rana game da mutanen da ke mutuwa," ya rubuta wa Facebook. "Shin wannan labarin yana samun raguwa, lakabi?" Ya ba da shawarar cewa Facebook "canza algorithm don mutane sun fi son ganin NYT, WSJ… a kan Daily Wire, Tomi Lahren, da canza mutane." Flaherty bai da dabara a cikin manufarsa. "A haƙiƙa, son zuciyata ita ce korar mutane," in ji shi ga shugaban kamfanin.
A cikin Afrilu 2021, Flaherty ya yi aiki don ba da ƙarfi ga Google don haɓaka ayyukan sa ido. Ya gaya wa masu zartarwa cewa an raba damuwarsa a mafi girma (kuma ina nufin mafi girma) matakan WH. Akwai “ƙarin aikin da za a yi,” in ji shi. Ya yi magana iri ɗaya tare da Facebook a wannan watan, yana gaya wa masu zartarwa cewa dole ne ya bayyana wa Shugaba Biden da shugaban ma'aikata Ron Klain "me yasa ake samun rashin fahimta akan intanet."
A kusan kowane yanayi, kamfanonin sadarwar jama'a sun yi watsi da matsin lambar fadar White House.
Jenin Younes, lauya a New Civil Liberties Alliance. rubuta in The Wall Street Journal: "Wadannan imel ɗin sun kafa ingantaccen tsari: Mista Flaherty, wanda ke wakiltar Fadar White House, ya nuna fushinsa ga gazawar kamfanonin na tace abubuwan da ke da alaƙa da Covid don gamsuwa da shi. Kamfanonin sun canza manufofinsu don magance bukatunsa. Sakamakon haka, dubban Amurkawa sun yi shiru don yin tambayoyi game da labarun Covid da gwamnati ta amince da su."
Kare labarun Covid da gwamnati ta bayar shine babban abin da Flaherty ya fi mayar da hankali. "Muna matukar damuwa da cewa sabis ɗin ku na ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da jinkirin rigakafin-lokaci," in ji shi. rubuta zuwa wani jami'in Facebook. "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 duk zai zama mafi sauƙi idan za ku kasance tare da mu kawai."
Dan damfara na Flaherty yana kwaikwayi dabarun tambayoyi na ’yan daba. Za mu iya yin wannan a hanya mai sauƙi ko kuma cikin wahala - duk zai zama mafi sauƙi idan za ku kasance tare da mu kawai. Kyakkyawan kamfani da kuke da shi a nan - zai zama abin kunya idan wani abu ya faru da shi.
"Mahimman Sassan Dabarun Mu na Covid"
Hakika, da Cosa Nostra kusanci ga 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki ya saba wa Kwaskwarimar Farko.
Flaherty ya nemi ya sarrafa wanda zai iya samun asusun Facebook, ƙayyade abin da za su iya aikawa, da kuma tasiri abin da suke gani. Bai mallaki kamfani ba ko kuma ya yi aiki da Mark Zuckerberg - ya yi amfani da barazanar ladabtar da gwamnati wajen sanya takunkumi.
Yana da "axiomatic" a ƙarƙashinsa Dokokin Amurka cewa jihar ba za ta iya "jawo, ƙarfafawa, ko haɓaka" kamfanoni masu zaman kansu don biyan manufofin da ba su dace ba. "A karkashin Kwaskwarima na Farko babu wani abu kamar ra'ayin karya," Kotun Koli ta ce Gertz da Welch. "Kodayake wani ra'ayi na iya zama kamar lalata, mun dogara ne don gyara shi ba bisa lamiri na alkalai da juritoci ba, amma ga gasar wasu ra'ayoyi."
Babu labari sassaka-fita zuwa Gyaran Farko ko Ban da Cutar Kwayar cuta ga Dokar Tsarin Mulki. Duk da haka Flaherty ya jagoranci harin da Gwamnatin Biden ta kai kan 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki, kuma a yanzu ya bayyana bai yi nadama ba saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin na'urar tantancewa.
A cikin Maris 2023, Flaherty ya shiga cikin wani tattaunawa na tsawon sa'o'i a Jami'ar Georgetown kan rawar da ya taka a "yadda gwamnatoci ke amfani da kafofin watsa labarun don sadarwa da jama'a."
Wani memba na masu sauraro ya tambayi Flaherty game da imel ɗin sa masu ƙarfafa Facebook don tantance saƙonnin WhatsApp na sirri. "Ta yaya za ku ba da hujjar faɗa wa ƙa'idar aika saƙon sirri abin da za su iya kuma ba za su iya aikawa ba?"
Flaherty ya ki amsa. "Ba zan iya gaske yin sharhi kan takamaiman takamaiman batun ba. Ina tsammanin shugaban ya bayyana a sarari cewa ɗayan mahimman sassan dabarunmu na Covid shine tabbatar da cewa jama'ar Amurka sun sami ingantaccen bayanai da zaran sun samu, kuma, uh, ka sani, wannan duka bangare ne, amma abin takaici ba zan iya yin nisa cikin shari'ar ba."
Bayan watanni uku, Flaherty ya sauka daga mukaminsa a Fadar White House. Shugaba Biden bayyana, "Yadda Amurkawa ke samun bayanansu yana canzawa, kuma tun daga ranar 1, Rob ya taimaka mana mu sadu da mutane a inda suke."
Shugaba Biden ya yi gaskiya - damar samun bayanan Amurkawa ya canza. Intanet ta yi alƙawarin musayar ra'ayi na 'yanci, amma ma'aikata kamar Flaherty sun yi aiki don aiwatar da mulkin zalunci. A cikin kalmomin Flaherty, wannan duk “bangare ne” ga dabarun Fadar White House. A madadin gwamnati, ya bukaci kamfanoni su cire abun ciki na gaskiya; ya yi kira ga kungiyoyin sada zumunta da su cire asusun ‘yan jarida; ya ba da shawarar yin la'akari da saƙon sirri na 'yan ƙasa; ya kafa cin zarafi na Farko.
Idan akwai sauran shakku game da ayyukan gwamnatin tarayya, ya kamata wannan sabuwar shaida ta warware kowace tambaya. A cikin shekarun Covid, gwamnati yadda ya kamata ta ba da izinin duk manyan hanyoyin sadarwar kafofin watsa labarun tare da mayar da su su zama motocin farfaganda don ma'aikata yayin da suke ragewa ko kuma toshe ra'ayi gaba ɗaya. Babu yadda kawai wannan aikin zai tsira daga binciken shari'a mai tsanani.
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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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