Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press ... [+] Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, July 2, 2021. The fact that the president took aim at a social media platform has been widely called out by many on social media platforms, suggesting it was censorship, while others even saw it as a First Amendment violation. Misinformation Is Protected SpeechSome cable talking heads, as well as social media political pundits, have also pondered whether "misinformation" would in fact be protected. Another misconception that has circulated on social media is that social media companies are also bound by the First Amendment, and their respective removal of Covid-19 related posts would be a form of censorship. "Jen Psaki stood at the podium and essentially said that people who are banned from one social media platform should be banned from all of them.

Source: Forbes July 17, 2021 00:56 UTC