Ban the Feds from Social Media?

The world is changing constantly, and what is true one minute may not be true the next minute. People also have different levels of information about the world around them, and may believe something is true when it is not. * * * We remove misinformation where it is likely to directly contribute to the risk of imminent physical harm. We also remove content that is likely to directly contribute to interference with the functioning of political processes. In determining what constitutes misinformation in these categories, we partner with independent experts who possess knowledge and expertise to assess the truth of the content and whether it is likely to directly contribute to the risk of imminent harm. - Meta Community Standards - Misinformation

The rather strange, meandering passage on "misinformation" standards for Facebook seems to indicate that they have not fully thought this through, which is perhaps why it was so easy for the feds to roll them to compel suppression of politically incorrect valid content.

The United States Government pressured Facebook to remove/suppress truthful content about (a) the degree of efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines; (b) the laboratory origin of the virus; (c) the superiority of a targeted protection approach rather than mandated attempts at general suppression. The US Government also demanded suppression of the existence of scandalous content on the laptop of the president’s son which was contrary in spirit and opposite in action to "We also remove content that is likely to directly contribute to interference with the functioning of political processes."

One would think that an actual news organization would send a journalist to ask if (a) Ms. Harris is embarrassed by these actions undertaken at the behest of the Biden-Harris Administration; (b) whether there has been any internal White House review of this abuse, and; (c) if elected, will her administration continue to advance falsehoods when it is politically useful. [Yeah, I know. Feel free to snark at this bit of fanciful thinking.]

The “Meta community” has a right to know why Meta has not outed by name each of the government agents who sought suppression of the truth, and the times, dates, and content of such communications. And why Meta has not sanctioned, with multiple “strikes,” the US Government, itself a Meta user in violation of community standards for false posting on its sites (e.g., Facebook/CDC, Facebook/FBI).

(On a personal note, the only time I have ever been ripped off online was with a Facebook ad. And my Facebook post on June 10 with this link to an eminently reasonable article: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/climate-science-is-about-to-make was immediately taken down. I tried to link it after seeing this from Steve Hayward. I tried it again today almost three months later and Facebook has apparently decided to allow it, presumably after getting embarrassed by the Powerline guys.)