WILL WAIT FOR THAT MASTERCARD
DOWN 3 1/2% ON MISS YOU
MENTIONED, WE ARE FOCUSED ON
BIG TECH, THE CEOS FACEBOOK,
TWITTER GOOGLE WILL APPEAR
BEFORE FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TODAY
FOR YOU A HEARING ON SECTION
230 OF THE 1996 COMMUNICATIONS
DECENCY ACT THIS SECTION, 230
PROTECTS SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES FROM LAWSUITS,
THEY’VE GOT LIABILITY NO
LIABILITY FOR THIRD PARTY ON
PLATFORMS JOINING ME RIGHT
MISSISSIPPI SENATOR FOR DAY’S
APPEARING ROGER WICKER THANKS
FOR JOINING US CAN YOU LAY OUT
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE TELL
US WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTING FROM
THESE CEOS
>> MARIA, THERE IS CONCERN ON
THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT ABOUT
THE POWER OF BIG TECH
COMPANIES, AND WHAT WHO WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TODAY WITNESSES
CEOS OF -- OF -- GOOGLE
TWITTER FACEBOOK ARE AMONG THE
MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY, IF NOT MOST POWER
PEOPLE ON THE PLANET IF YOU
CONTROL THE FLOW OF NEWS, IF
YOU CONTROL THE FLOW OF
INFORMATION, YOU ARE DEED
POWERFUL, ARE AND SO I THINK
THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
ABOUT THE POWER OF THESE
BEHAVING TECH COMPANIES THE
FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL
LIABILITY PROTECTION THAT YOU
DON’T HAVE AS A JOURNALIST,
AND THE PRESS DOESN’T HAVE BUT
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL
PROTECTION, UNDER THE
COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
WHICH YOU POINTED OUT SECTION
230.
AND SO I THINK WE WILL BE
ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
MARIA: SO HOW MUCH OF THIS
WILL ALSO INCLUDE IF TECH BIAS
THAT WE SEE SENATOR?
BECAUSE WE KNOW, THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS MORNING, WE’VE
GOT THIS YOU KNOW, HUGE STORY,
THIS BLOCKBUSTER EVIDENCE,
THAT HUNTER BIDEN WAS DOING
BIG DEALS WITH COMPANIES
ACROSS THE WORLD, HOLDING
MONEY FOR HIS FATHER, THEN
SITTING VICE PRESIDENT IF HE
E-MAILS ARE RIGHT, WE HAD A
MAJOR INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT
WOULD BOBULINSKI,
MR. BOBULINSKI WAS THE PARTNER
OF HUNTER BIDEN, HE TOLD US
THAT THIS WAS ALSO ABOUT JOE
BIDEN, AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS
SUPPRESSING THAT, BY THE WAY,
YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ANY STORIES
ABOUT IT IN "NEW YORK TIMES"
NEVER MIND TWITTER GOOGLE
FACEBOOK WHAT ABOUT
SUPPRESSING OF INFORMATION HOW
DOES THAT PLAY INTO THIS
>> IT IS ACTUALLY BEING
SUPPRESSED EVERYWHERE I
WATCHED EVERY MINUTE OF THAT
INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT WITH
TUCKER CARLSON I FLIPPED ON
7:00 TO NETWORK NEWS, AND
SOMEHOW THAT INTERVIEW NEVER
HAPPENED, THAT STORY --
DOESN’T EXIST.
SO THERE IS CERTAINLY A BIAS,
IN AS FAR AS THE MEDIA GOES,
ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT HAPPENS, WE ISSUED THESE
SUBPOENAS ON OCTOBER 1, BEFORE
THE "NEW YORK POST" STORY
ABOUT THE LAPTOP AND BIDENS
BEFORE THAT BROKE I THINK THIS
GIVES US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPLORE REALLY THE OUTRAGEOUS
CONDUCT OF TWITTER, NOT ONLY
BLOCKING THE STORY KEEPING
TWITTER USERS FROM RETWEETING
IT ALSO IF SOMEONE TRIED TO DO
SO TWITTER ACTUALLY WENT
FURTHER STEP, OF -- OF
SHUTTING DOWN THAT YOU
PARTICIPANT ALTOGETHER
SHUTTING TWITTER ACCOUNT, I
WOULDN’T BE AT ALL SURPRISED
IF WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
TODAY, BUT -- GET READY FOR
CHAPTER AND VERSE, OF EXAMPLES
AS TO THESE BIG COMPANIES, WHO
HAVE A SPECIAL LIABILITY
PROTECTION, REALLY BEING IN
THE TANK FOR ONE SIDE.
THOSE QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM
OUR SIDE.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE OTHER
CONCERNS.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT SECTION
230 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS
DECENCY ACT, JOE BIDEN, AND
DONALD TRUMP HAVE ADVOCATED
THE COMPLETE REPEAL OF THIS
SECTION, I HAVE SOME
AMENDMENTS IN MY BILL
INTRODUCED WITH CHAIRMAN
GRAHAM, BUT BOTH NOMINEES OF
MAJOR PARTIES FOR THE
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES HAVE SAID THIS SECTION
SHOULD BE REPEAL ENTIRELY WE
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TIE
ALSO.
MARIA: WELL, IT IS TRUE.
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE,
PEOPLE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT
THESE TECHNOLOGY GIANTS HOLD
AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF POWER.
>> ABSOLUTELY
>> GLOBAL, IN THE SPREAD TO OF
NEWS AND INFORMATION, I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHEN SECTION
20 WAS WRITTEN, IT WASN’T
ASSUMED THAT THESE COMPANIES
WOULD HAVE THE POWER THAT THEY
HAVE TODAY WOULD YOU GO A STEP
FURTHER ADVOCATE THAT THEY
SHOULD BE SPLIT UP?
LOOK AT GOOGLE GOOGLE HAS 90%
MARKET SHARE IN SEARCH.
MOST PEOPLE WANT TO SEE
COMPETITION.
RIGHT?
YOU WANT COMPETITIONING
CHANGES THE SITUATION
CAPITALISM AT ITS BEST WHERE
IS THE COMPETITORS IN WHERE
ARE ALTERNATIVES TO GOOGLE
WHEN YOU WANT TO DID A STENCH
OF?
90% MARKET SHARE?
DO YOU THINK THEY WILL GET
SPLIT UP
>> YOU ARE TALKING ANTITRUST
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS VERY
MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT, I WILL
SAY, THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT TODAY, SUCH --
MATTERS REALLY COME BEFORE
SENATOR GRAHAM’S COMMITTEE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE YES, I
THINK A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.
I THINK WE WILL BE ASKING
CAN’T WE AT LEAST AGREE THAT
SECTION 230 SHOULD BE AMENDED
SO IT IS CLEAR -- RIGHT NOW IF
BIG PLATFORMS DEEM SOMETHING
TO BE A OBJECTIONABLE, THEY
CAN SHUT IT DOWN TO ME
OBJECTIONABLE IS LIKE BEAUTY
IN THE EYE OF BE HOLD HEER
WHAT MAY BE OBJECTIONABLE TO
JACK DORSEY TWITTER I MIGHT
THINK FINE GOOD ARE JOURNALISM
GOOD ACQUIRE, SO WE NEED TO
TAKE THAT -- THAT TURNOUT AND
BE MORE SPECIFIC UNDER SECTION
230 WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
DO WHAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO DO.
MARIA: I MEAN THEY TAGGED
PRESIDENT TRUMP A LOT, THEY
TAG IT SAY WE WANT TO GO
THROUGH EXTRA STEPS TO SEE IT
MEANWHILE, AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI
IN IRAN TWEETING LIKE MAD AS
THEY ARE SAYING "DEATH TO
AMERICA" IN IRAN SO THERE IS
THAT I GOT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
RACES 6 DAYS AWAY FROM
ELECTION DAY CONTROL OF SENATE
UP FOR GRABS RAYS TIGHTENING
IN STATES WILL REPUBLICANS
MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE
SENATE?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT
RACES
>> I THINK IT IS VERY TIGHT I
WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOUR YEARS
AGO IT WAS TIGHT, AT THAT
TIME.
WE WENT INTO ELECTION DAY
REALIZING IF OUR FOLKS TURNED
OUT WE WOULD HOLD A MAJORITY,
AND INDEED PRESIDENT TRUMP WON
A SURPRISING VICTORY WE HELD
ON TO SENATE, I THINK THINGS
ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, IN IF ARIZONA WITH
-- MCSALLY ERNST LOOKS BETTER
AND BETTER, SO WE ARE FEELING
GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD I THINK,
NORTH CAROLINA WILL END UP --
REPUBLICAN COLUMN, SO FEELING
PRETTY GOOD DEPENDS ON HOW
VOTES HOW THEY ROTE HOW WE
TURN THEM OUT
>> QUICK BEFORE YOU GO DO YOU
HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE IN TERMS OF
WHAT THE PLANS ARE ON THE
OTHER SIDE, SHOULD THEY TAKE
THE SENATE MAJORITY, FOR
EXAMPLE, SOME WON TOLD ME THE
PLANS ARE TO HAVE BERNIE
SANDERS BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
ANY OTHER NUGGETS THAT YOU CAN
SHARE WITH US IN TERMS OF
PLANS THAT YOU’VE HEARD SHOULD
THEY TAKE CONTROL OF THE
SENATE IN TERMS OF WHO WILL BE
IN CHARGE WHERE
>> HAVE LISTENERS OUT THERE
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE SEA
CHANGE THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE, IF CHUCK
SCHUMER IS MAJORITY LEADER,
AND THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING
FROM DOING AWAY WITH THE
GREATEST CONSENSUS BUILDING WE
HAVE HAD FILIBUSTER TO PACKING
THE COURT TO OFFICERS THAT
WOULD BE CHAIRMAN OF
COMMITTEES IT IS SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT, I THINK OUR
VOTERS, AND PEOPLE VIEWERS
THIS MORNING NEED TO LOOK AT
THAT.
>> SENATOR GOOD TO SEE YOU
THIS MORNING THANK YOU SO MUCH
WE WILL BE WATCHING YOUR HEARING THIS MORNING, ON BIG