"Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages. The July 12 report included this nugget about SMS text messages: That allegation grew out of a Politico report about the Biden White House’s efforts to fight back against what it perceives as misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Josh Hawley and Fox News host Tucker Carlson, made more explicitly. Rogan’s claim was vague about who "they" are and what messages were being monitored, but in context of discussion of a "surveillance state," it gave the false impression that the government is screening private texts between family and friends - a claim that several conservative politicians and pundits, such as Sen. "Now look, misinformation is not good, right, with anything. "They are monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines," Rogan continued. "But have you seen the new thing about SMS text messages to stop COVID vaccine misinformation? "I assume all my emails are monitored," Rogan said in response. "We’re in a surveillance state that is undoubtedly so." Martin then asked Rogan if he thought his emails were being watched. "Look, we’re living in a panopticon here," Martin said. The misleading claim came about an hour and a half into the podcast as Rogan, one of Austin's newer residents, discussed issues of surveillance and privacy with journalist Abby Martin, his guest for the July 20 episode. The effort Rogan was referring to is not about intercepting or screening private text messages, and there’s no evidence the government is involved with it, as PolitiFact has reported. Here's why: In a recent episode of his popular podcast, Spotify host Joe Rogan implied that the government is "monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines." Joe Rogan: The government is “monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines.”
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