VIDEO: RAND PAUL WARNS OF CENSORSHIP OF CONSERVATIVES BY BIG TECH
Facebook needs to ‘convince conservatives they’re not the enemy’
BY STEVE WATSON
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
In an interview with CNN, of all places, Senator Rand Paul
warned that there is a concerted effort by big tech, in particular
Facebook, to censor conservative viewpoints, and it will lead to their
downfall.“I think if it gets so bad that they don’t allow conservative viewpoints on Facebook, I think you will get to a point where people will leave in droves,” Paul told CNN Thursday.
Paul noted that while it is not in the nature of conservatives to push for regulation of private companies, big tech has justifiably become an exception to that rule.
“It’s a privately owned company,” Paul said, adding “Most times, conservatives, we don’t want to over-regulate private businesses.
“But they do have sort of a monopoly on this sort of social exchange in speech,” he added.
“[W]hat I’ve been saying for a while is that we need to look at the barriers to entry that government might be creating,” Paul continued.
“Not the government starting other companies but the government getting out … to allow competition with Facebook.” the Senator added.
Paul’s comments come in the wake of revelations that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ordered the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner, to back off of investigating Facebook with regarding to Russian interference in US elections.
A Senate source further commented that Schumer is concerned that Facebook may “bow to pressure from the right wing, who opposed Facebook’s purging of fake accounts and bots.”
Schumer reportedly told Warner that he should cooperate with Facebook rather than scrutinize its activity.
NYT says Chuck Schumer directly interceded on Facebook's behalf to get Mark Warner to soften his critiques of the company.
Oh — and Schumer's campaign received more $ from Facebook in 2016 than anyone else in Congress. And his daughter works there. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html …
Oh — and Schumer's campaign received more $ from Facebook in 2016 than anyone else in Congress. And his daughter works there. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html …
