The streaming platform Twitch has released its new “misinformation” guidelines in its terms of service and wouldn’t you know it? It all seems to be things the left is adamant that we don’t argue with them about.
In their updated guidelines is a section called “harmful misinformation actors” where it details that you can no longer question both the COVID-19 vaccines or any conclusions reached by the World Health Organization, nor can you question election outcomes:
Misinformation that targets protected groups, which is already prohibited under our Hateful Conduct & Harassment Policy
Insidious health misinformation, widespread conspiracy theories, COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccine information, are all commonplace.
- Talks about treatments known to cause harm without removing the dangers
- For COVID-19—and any other WHO-declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)—misinformation that causes imminent physical harm or is part of a broad conspiracy
Conspiracy networks promote misinformation that is tied to violence, and/or encourage violence
Civic misinformation that undermines the integrity of a civic or political processPromotion of verifiably false claims related to the outcome of a fully vetted political process, including election rigging, ballot tampering, vote tallying, or election fraud*
We may act upon misinformation in situations of emergency (e.g. wildfires or earthquakes)
It should interest users that Twitch says before this list that “misinformation evolves rapidly” and the guidelines will be updated “as new trends and behaviors emerge.”
It doesn’t take a genius to see that these two topics that are suddenly being deemed as hotbeds of “misinformation” are topics that the left becomes very angry when you question. While the 2020 election should not be discussed in an untrustworthy manner, one must wonder about what might happen to someone who questioned 2016’s elections. It was acceptable to question elections back then. It is possible that a Republican will win the 2024 election.
My guess is “no.”
We cannot question the COVID-19 data, which have been wildly incorrect and often politically biased. For instance, the CDC kept moving the goalposts on what is to be considered “fully vaccinated” as boosters came out after the people were told that the vaccine was all you needed to be considered safe from the Coronavirus. The boosters were rejected by many people, and it was soon obvious that this statement was a complete nonsense. The booster was eventually dropped because the Omnicron virus, which was meant to eradicate us all, did not cause any significant harm to society. Attempting to force vaccines on the population became much more difficult than necessary.
Moreover, we heard endlessly how masks were necessary to stop the spread of COVID-19 despite it being absolutely clear that they weren’t working. Since masks weren’t just for decoration, the left has only recently begun to accept that they are merely facial decor. Blue-state leaders have also started to reduce mask requirements as it becomes a political liability.
Florida Governor. Ron DeSantis hosted a roundtable discussion where many experts in medical fields discussed the truth of much of what was being said by medical bureaucrats and how their solutions were more harmful than beneficial.
Why should these medical experts and their opinions and conclusions they’ve reached based on data be rejected and punished while clearly faulty information released by political organizations is allowed to be the only voice in the room?
Twitch considers this type of conversation unacceptable and unwelcome. Why? It’s because the platform is controlled by leftists. They have made it clear that they believe this and will continue to do so. Their position is not open to free speech or open discussion.
If you have to shut down conversation in order to protect your narrative then maybe your narrative isn’t very good.
Moreover, if the idea of “misinformation” changes rapidly then perhaps the concept of misinformation is wholly flawed. COVID-19’s debate proved that what may seem like misinformation today could become reality tomorrow. The act of calling something misinformation may, in itself, turn out to be misinformation and now you’ve put the idea in people’s heads that a fact is false.
As I’ve discussed during RedState LIVE!, this is because “misinformation” doesn’t actually mean false or misleading info, it really means debate, points, facts, or conversation that is inconvenient to the left.
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