‘DISINFO’ WARS: The Censorious Hispanic Caucus Now Leaning On Big Tech

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has ambitions. First, they came for a Miami AM radio station whose content they didn’t like. Now, they are trying to haul Big Tech CEOs before Congress in order to whip them into fighting Spanish-language “disinformation” online and on social media.

Their statement is:

Spanish-language misinformation should be addressed as a top priority. Many federal and State agencies, members of Congress, as well public health organizations, rely on social networking platforms for vital health information. In addition, millions of Americans rely on social media as a source of information, including Latinos,” the Members wrote. “As Hispanic Members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight of the role digital platforms play in how we communicate with our communities and how our communities receive important information.

Under cover of the Covid pandemic, the censorious Congressional Hispanic Caucus is now demanding to know what Big Tech is doing to curb “Spanish-language disinformation. Inasmuch as these letters are a follow-up to previous communications, we are left to wonder whether recent moves such as Telemundo’s partnership with Google and Meta’s recent hiring of former Univision Senior White House correspondent Janet Rodríguez are at least a partial mollification of the Caucus ahead of any such hearings.

The Caucus attempted to intimidate Miami AM radio station, as we have already mentioned. This was over content and practices in employment. We stated that back then:

In brief, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (a body largely composed of folks who couldn’t get elected dogcatcher in Miami-Dade County including, to wit, a literal Castro Brother) is using a labor dispute as cover to attempt to remove ideological opponents from the airwaves.

Although this effort to subjugate Hispanic conservatives has not been discontinued, it was initiated during the 2020 election. As the Trump campaign’s anti-communist message took hold, the left began to cry “disinformation”. Latinxtroturf organizations and defeated Democrats (like former congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who asked her former CHC colleagues to intervene in Radio Caracol’s licensing) joined forces to try to pressure Miami stations into silencing conservative voices. 

They have now joined forces to suppress dissident online speech and social media posts. No matter what medium, the game remains the same. This entire disinformation game is focused on Hispanics being contained within approved corporate information channels. Democrats are continuing to lose ground among this crucial group. One thing I don’t believe in is the people who can decide what information is and isn’t. Big Tech and the corporate media, regardless of whether it’s natural immunity, therapeutics or Hunter Biden, have proven that they are not to be trusted.

Hispanics do not belong in a ward and should be treated as such. The community is starting to recognize its independence.

The Censorious Hispanic Caucus (and Big Tech) may soon be out of date as more conservative Spanish-language content producers and media outlets emerge.