Another good essay. Thank you. I'm no lawyer but it certainly feels that Twitter loses its "private company" status when it makes decisions on misinformation based on instructions from elected or appointed government officials. In our society to get satisfaction is generally so expensive that most of us will just lose our accounts on sites like Twitter with no chance of restoration/vindication. My first one went away for good old misinformation. I don't even remember what it was. I was/am against the covid vaccine, masks, distancing, closing schools, vaccine mandates, non-visitation in hospitals and nursing homes so I didn't last long on Twitter the first time. Now mostly I read a few posts on twitter, lots on substack and now Brownstone Institute. Keep it up. The world needs you and more like you.
I read your essay on Brownstone earlier today. I am appalled by the shameless censorship that is occurring at the behest of government entities. I can't believe this is my country. I came to your Substack after following you on Twitter because I appreciated and agreed with your desire to protect children from being the scapegoats for the covid madness. I think Alex Berensen has the best chance of exposing the government censorship program. I hope he succeeds.
Thank you for all of your work!! We lived in Chicago/highland park for 20 years and Was happy to know one of the best players in team reality was based there.
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Will it be Jessica's Twitter account, or her Substack account, that wind up having the greatest impact on covid policies in Illinois? If the state legislature gets the U. of Illinois to end its testing regime, and 2% of the cause is that state senator reading her post--that's a big deal.
LOL. Any influence I've had is small at best, and by the grace of God alone. Lots of people have been involved in trying to get the truth about SHIELD. The alarm bells were ringing on Day 1 of this operation.
Will take longer to get it properly investigated by authorities, but it will happen eventually.
Excellent piece. I happen to think Twitter is being short-sighted as it pertains to the platform's future relevance and influence.
Combatting blatant, intentional falsehoods is one thing, as is barring extreme abusive or threatening behavior online. But if you enter the realm of banning content that runs contrary to a preferred government narrative - which Twitter has clearly been doing lately - I don't see how you have much of a long-term future as a vibrant platform for user-generated media in the United States. In the immediate term, sure, Twitter dominates. But in the long run people will replace it with a more open forum.
Another good essay. Thank you. I'm no lawyer but it certainly feels that Twitter loses its "private company" status when it makes decisions on misinformation based on instructions from elected or appointed government officials. In our society to get satisfaction is generally so expensive that most of us will just lose our accounts on sites like Twitter with no chance of restoration/vindication. My first one went away for good old misinformation. I don't even remember what it was. I was/am against the covid vaccine, masks, distancing, closing schools, vaccine mandates, non-visitation in hospitals and nursing homes so I didn't last long on Twitter the first time. Now mostly I read a few posts on twitter, lots on substack and now Brownstone Institute. Keep it up. The world needs you and more like you.
I read your essay on Brownstone earlier today. I am appalled by the shameless censorship that is occurring at the behest of government entities. I can't believe this is my country. I came to your Substack after following you on Twitter because I appreciated and agreed with your desire to protect children from being the scapegoats for the covid madness. I think Alex Berensen has the best chance of exposing the government censorship program. I hope he succeeds.
Great article. Keep telling the truth Jessica!! Hopefully Twitter changes it’s tune or another social media company rises up to supplant it.
Thank you for all of your work!! We lived in Chicago/highland park for 20 years and Was happy to know one of the best players in team reality was based there.
Will it be Jessica's Twitter account, or her Substack account, that wind up having the greatest impact on covid policies in Illinois? If the state legislature gets the U. of Illinois to end its testing regime, and 2% of the cause is that state senator reading her post--that's a big deal.
LOL. Any influence I've had is small at best, and by the grace of God alone. Lots of people have been involved in trying to get the truth about SHIELD. The alarm bells were ringing on Day 1 of this operation.
Will take longer to get it properly investigated by authorities, but it will happen eventually.
Excellent piece. I happen to think Twitter is being short-sighted as it pertains to the platform's future relevance and influence.
Combatting blatant, intentional falsehoods is one thing, as is barring extreme abusive or threatening behavior online. But if you enter the realm of banning content that runs contrary to a preferred government narrative - which Twitter has clearly been doing lately - I don't see how you have much of a long-term future as a vibrant platform for user-generated media in the United States. In the immediate term, sure, Twitter dominates. But in the long run people will replace it with a more open forum.
Thanks, Matt.
All that you’ve said here is correct.
Free speech and truth are like water - they always find a way.