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Platforms censored posts saying Biden could introduce federal vaccine mandate as CDCโ€™s own fact check denied it

The censored have since been vindicated.

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During the last 18 months, social media platforms have often used the recommendations of the CDC as a basis of censorship online. The CDCโ€™s own โ€œMyths and Factsโ€ section explained clearly, and still does at the time of publication, that the federal government does not mandate vaccines and that itโ€™s a matter for states and local governments.

Social media users who suggested that Biden was going to introduce a federal mandate were censored online and told they were providing misinformation, likely falling back on the fact that the CDCโ€™s own statement on the issue (a go-to source for mainstream social media platforms) said it was false and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had also made it clear that the federal government doesnโ€™t have the power to exert such authority.

Back in July, Dave Rubin, an author and political commentator, was locked out of Twitter for saying the Biden administration wanted a federal vaccine mandate.

โ€œThey want a federal vaccine mandate for vaccines which are clearly not working as promised just weeks ago. People are getting and transmitting Covid despite vax. Plus now theyโ€™re prepping us for booster shots. A sane society would take a pause. We do not live in a sane society,โ€ read his original tweet.

On Friday, he took to Twitter to remind people of his suspension for predicting something that was going to happen.

Alongside a screenshot of the original tweet, he wrote: โ€œReminder: Twitter banned me for saying they want a federal vaccine mandate back in July.โ€

He had to remove the tweet for his account to be restored.

Similarly, the popular YouTube commentary channel MrObvious, had a video removed by YouTube for making a similar statement; that Biden would federally mandate vaccines.

โ€œAbout a week ago I made a video on YouTube about vaccine federal mandates and YouTube took down that video. I donโ€™t know why โ€“ maybe they thought that I was simply โ€“ I donโ€™t know โ€“ jumping the gun saying that Biden was going to do these federal mandates,โ€ Mr Obvious said in a recent video. โ€œWell guess what? Mr Obvious was in fact right.โ€

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