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California Officials Worked With Big Tech To Censor Election ‘Misinformation’ On Social Media

Officials logged problematic posts in an internal database and successfully pressured social media companies to remove them.

Mairead Elordi
California Officials Worked With Big Tech To Censor Election ‘Misinformation’ On Social Media
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California state officials pressured tech companies to censor social media posts about the 2020 election — informed in part by daily “misinformation” briefings from a consultant tied to the Biden campaign — according to documents from the California secretary of state.

Officials from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office complained to major social media companies about posts containing “misinformation regarding the administration of California’s elections” and were able to pressure several platforms into removing content officials found objectionable, according to records obtained by watchdog group Judicial Watch through the California Public Records Act.

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