BRENNAN AFTER TAKING HIS
SECURITY CLEARANCE AWAY.
BUT FIRST, WE WILL GET TO THAT,
TRADING BLOWS OVER CENSORSHIP
CONCERNS.
KEVIN MCCARTHY CALLING ATTENTION
TO A TWEET BLOCKED FOR
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE CONTENT
FROM LAURA INGRAM LAST FRIDAY.
HE WROTE THIS, ANOTHER DAY,
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CONSERVATIVES
BEING CENSORED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HE TOLD JACK DORSEY FROM TWITTER
TO FIX THIS.
NANCY PELOSI RESPONDED ON
TWITTER.
SHE SAID RATHER THAN ADJUST HIS
TWITTER SETTINGS QUESTION
TWITTER SETTINGS KUESTION
TWITTER SETTINGS KEVSTION
TWITTER SETTINGS KEVINION
TWITTER SETTINGS KEVIN MN
TWITTER SETTINGS KEVIN MCCARTHY
MCCARTHY FIRED BACK, TWEETING
I SPOKE WITH THE HOUSE MAJORITY
LEADER ABOUT STEPS HE'S TAKING
TO FIGHT ALLEGATIONS OF
CENSORSHIP ONLINE BACK IN JUNE.
TOGETHER, WE HAVE BROUGHT SOME
OF THE CEOS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENCY.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THE
FOUNDING OF THE INTERNET WAS
ABOUT FREEDOM AND FREE SPEECH.
THEY NEED TO KEEP TO IT.
OTHERWISE, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND
THANK YOU.
ENERGY AND COME CUSTOMERS
CONGRESS IS TRYING TO GET JACK
>> FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT
WHEN I HAVE A TECH PROBLEM, THE
THERE'S NO UNIN
THERE'S NO UNONE IN I.T. WHO IS
MORE CONFIDENT THAN NANCY PELOSI
OF TWITTER SHOWING BIAS, A GREAT
BY THE NAME OF ELIZABETH HANG
WHO IS RUNNING, SHE HAD AN AD
THAT TWITTER BANNED, CALLED IT
OBJECT
OBSCCT
OBSCENE.
AND THEY THOUGHT SOME OF THE
IMAGES WERE OBSCENE.
THEY WERE HISTORICAL NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS AND FOOTAGES OF
THAT.
IT IS A POWERFUL AD.
I WISH EVERYONE WOULD SEE IT AND
REALIZE THIS WAS NOT OBSCENE.
THIS WAS HISTORY.
AND THEY DEEMED IT OBSCENE WHEN
WHEN SHE APPEALED THEY CAME BACK
AND PUT OBSCENE IN ALL CAPITAL
MANIPULATING THEIR PLATFORM TO
FAVOR LIBERALS OVER
CONSERVATIVES AND EVEN JACK
DORSEY ADMITTED THAT MOST OF THE
MARIA: IT'S NOT JUST TWITTER.
REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE SEARCHING
PRIMARY IN CALIFORNIA A COUPLE
MONTHS AGO AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT CAME UP ON THE LIST WAS
NAZIISM.
YOU'VE GOT YouTUBE, GOOGLE AS
WELL AS FACEBOOK.
IT'S NOT JUST TWITTERH
>> IT'S ALL THE PLATFORM.
DAGEN: I WILL SAY THIS.
FACEBOOK, BECAUSE FACEBOOK IS
CONTENT.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FACEBOOK
IS GOING TO HAVE 20,000 PEOPLE
AT THE COMPANY WORKING ON
SECURITY AND CONTENT REVIEW.
IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT YOU -- I
WOULD ARGUE THAT YOU WILL SEE
MORE CENSORSHIP ON FACEBOOK BY
THE END OF THE YEAR WITH MORE
PEOPLE ACTUALLY INVOLVED.
>> WELL, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH
THAT, DAGEN.
I'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO SOME OF
FACEBOOK'S CENSOR HELP, IF YOU
WOULD CALL IT THAT.
IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY CENSORSHIP
SINCE THEY'RE NOT A GOVERNMENT.
BECAUSE THEY MOVED FROM BEING A
NOVELTY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
WHERE PEOPLE WENT FOR FUN, THEY
HAVE NOW BECOME, PARTICULARLY
FACEBOOK, WHERE MORE AMERICANS
GET THEIR FACEBOOK THAN ANY
OTHER ONE SOURCE.
IF THAT IS BECOMING NO LONGER
JUST A NOVELTY AND AN AVOCATION,
BUT IT'S BECOME A PUBLIC
UTILITY, THEY'RE GOING TO START
BEING TREATED BY A PUBLIC
UTILITY.
THEY'LL RUE THE DAY THEY USE
THEIR PLATFORM TO FAVOR ONE SIDE
OF SPEECH VERSUS ANOTHER.
IT'S NOT LIKE SAYING IF YOU'RE A
YOUR ELECTRICITY AND NOT AS MUCH
ELECTRICITY WILL BE DELIVERED TO
YOUR HOME AS DELIVERED TO YOUR
UNDOING.
ASPECTS?
>> I THINK THE BETTER SOLUTION
IS FOR THE COMPANIES TO GET
AHEAD OF IT, FOR THEM TO
BUT THEY OUGHT TO OPERATE IT
LIKE A STORE THAT SAYS WE MAY
NOT LIKE YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS
BUT WE DON'T CHARGE YOU MORE AND
THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUE.
THERE ARE RETAILER -- THEY'RE A
RETAILER.
ACT LIKE IT.
ACT LIKE ONE THAT IS OPEN TO ALL
AND DON'T THROTTLE BACK VIEWS
THAT YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO AGREE
WITH.
PERSONALLY, I HATE THE THOUGHT
THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD GET
>> YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO SOME KIND OF
CENSORSHIP.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT KIND OF
EXPERIENCES YOU HAD WITH YOUR
OWN WORDS OR WRITINGS BEING
INTERFERED WITH ON FACEBOOK OR
ANY OF THESE OTHER PLATFORMS?
>> A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID
THE CHICK-FIL-A APPRECIATION DAY
BECAUSE THE FOUNDER WAS BEING
HOUNDED FOR HIS PERSONAL VIEWS,
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
COMPANY, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
WAY THE STORE IS OPERATED.
FACEBOOK SHUT US DOWN FOR OVER
RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO COULD SEE THE CONTENT THAT I
PUT OUT AND IT'S A CONSTANT
BATTLE TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH
THEIR ALGORITHMS.
BUT I'VE GOT OVER -- ABOUT
FACEBOOK, MANY OF THEM NEVER
SEEN THE CONTENT WE POST EVEN
THOUGH THEY REQUEST IT.
THAT'S ANOTHER REQUEST WHERE
FACEBOOK DECIDES WHO GETS TO SEE
WHAT I SAY AND WHO DOESN'T.
THE BUSINESS SAYS WE DON'T LIKE
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEREFORE,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET AS MANY
PEOPLE SEE IT.
MARIA: IT'S WRONG.
WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A
BILL THAT REACHES THE FLOOR THAT
ACTUALLY SUGGESTS WE COULD SEE
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION OR IF
COMPETITION TAKES CARE OF THE
PROBLEM.
WOULD COMPETITION TAKE CARE OF
AGAIN, I POINTED THIS OUT
YESTERDAY, IS THE GOVERNMENT --
I AGREE WITH GOVERNOR HUCKABEE.
I SAID THIS ALL ALONG.
THE BACKS OF PEOPLE IN A WAY WE
DIDN'T KNOW WITH FACEBOOK, WITH
THEM LETTING THE APP DEVELOPERS
ACCESS THE CONTENT OF FRIENDS OF
FRIENDS WHICH PEOPLE DID NOT
KNOW ABOUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS
DID IN TERMS OF USERS AND
COMPANIES GET TOO BIG, THEY LET
FACEBOOK BUY INSTAGRAM, THEY LET
FACEBOOK CONTINUE TO GET LARGER
AND LARGER THROUGH ACQUISITIONS
AND JUST DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AND
I BELIEVE IN HANDS OFF, BUT NOW
THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, IS IT
A COINCIDENCE THAT ALL OF THESE
TECH COMPANIES CAME TOGETHER AT
ONE TIME AND CENSORED ALEX JONES
AND WIPED HIM OFF THE PLATFORMS,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWITTER
WHICH SUSPENDED HIS ACCOUNT FOR
A FEW DAYS.
THEY SEEM TO BE SERGEANTING
THEY SEEM TO BE AERGEANTING
THEY SEEM TO BE ACTGEANTING
THEY SEEM TO BE ACTINANTING
THEY SEEM TO BE ACTINGNTING
THEY SEEM TO BE ACTING IING
THEY SEEM TO BE ACTING INNG
UNISON, IN COORDINATION WITH ONE
ANOTHER.
IT'S WORTH A LOOK.
MARIA: IT'S COLLUSION.
DAGEN: I DIDN'T USE THAT WORD.
MARIA: I DID.
IT IS COLLUSION.
I THINK AT SOME POINT THESE
COMPANIES REALIZED THEY ARE
MEDIA COMPANIES.
THEY TRIED FOR A LONG TIME TO
SAY WE'RE NOT MEAD YA COMPANIES.