Censors For Hire

The censorship industry did well under Biden:

GARM was created as an initiative of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), which controls roughly 90 percent of advertiser spending worldwide. Four advertising agencies—IPG, Omnicom, WPP, and the Publicis Groupe—are responsible for GARM’s push for censorship. It is also through these agencies that GARM has been funneled U.S. taxpayer dollars. IPG holds over $1.5 billion in government contracts with the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Defense (DOD). Omnicom holds roughly $5 billion in contracts with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Meanwhile, WPP has earned $455 million from work done with the U.S. Navy. Additionally, Publicis Groupe has a $394.2 million contract with HHS. GARM’S CENSORSHIP CAMPAIGN. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee produced a report on Thursday detailing how GARM harnessed its control over Internet advertising revenue to pressure social media platforms—like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook—to censor dissident speech and voices on the political right. In the case of X, GARM members claim they were able to severely impact advertiser money that the company’s earnings came in 80 percent below projections.

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