Jay Bhattacharya and the Fight to End Covid Censorship

Revelations indicate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was censored on Twitter

Lockdowns by Censorship

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was a late comer to Twitter, joining in the summer of 2021. In his very first tweet, he linked to a recent article he had written where he discussed age-based mortality risks and natural immunity among other topics. His main message was powerful and flew in the face of impactful policies enacted across the country: "mass testing is an insidious form of lockdown by stealth." Many Americans, especially parents of students, would agree.

It was revealed Wednesday that Dr. Bhattacharya (among many others) had been censored and “shadow-banned” by Twitter. Screenshots from an internal Twitter content moderation system showed that his account was tagged with a label of “Trends Blacklist.” In other words, his message would never make it to the algorithmic trending topics on Twitter’s front page.

How many people endured weeks-long quarantine because Dr. Bhattacharya’s message was suppressed on this major social media platform? How many students would have been spared the education death knell of remote learning had schools heeded his advice – or even known about it?

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